#AF9E37#AF9E37

#AF9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9E37
RGB	rgb(175, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -5.77, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 54.09, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0208 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5970, 33.8449, 8.5347)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9E37 #3748AF

analogous

#AF6237 #AF9E37 #84AF37

triadic

#AF9E37 #37AF9E #9E37AF

tetradic

#AF9E37 #37AF62 #3748AF #AF3784

square

#AF9E37 #37AF62 #3748AF #AF3784

split-complementary

#AF9E37 #3784AF #6237AF

monochromatic

#524A1A #807428 #AF9E37 #CBBB59 #D9CE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AF9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AF9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9E37

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9E37	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba74',
    500: '#af9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9e37;
$custom-light: #caba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69493,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9E37

secondary

#7F88C3

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9E37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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