#AF9E38#AF9E38

#AF9E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9E38
RGB	rgb(175, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -5.71, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 53.68, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0205 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6212, 33.8546, 8.6623)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9E38 #3849AF

analogous

#AF6338 #AF9E38 #84AF38

triadic

#AF9E38 #38AF9E #9E38AF

tetradic

#AF9E38 #38AF63 #3849AF #AF3884

square

#AF9E38 #38AF63 #3849AF #AF3884

split-complementary

#AF9E38 #3884AF #6338AF

monochromatic

#524A1A #817429 #AF9E38 #CABA5A #D9CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AF9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AF9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9E38

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9E38	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)

#AD9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba74',
    500: '#af9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9e38;
$custom-light: #caba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69502,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9E38

secondary

#8089C3

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9E38

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

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