#AF9E40#AF9E40

#AF9E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.115 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9E40
RGB	rgb(175, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -5.21, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 50.22, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0182 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.115 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8327, 33.9392, 9.7763)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9E40 #4051AF

analogous

#AF6740 #AF9E40 #89AF40

triadic

#AF9E40 #40AF9E #9E40AF

tetradic

#AF9E40 #40AF67 #4051AF #AF4089

square

#AF9E40 #40AF67 #4051AF #AF4089

split-complementary

#AF9E40 #4089AF #6740AF

monochromatic

#554D1F #827630 #AF9E40 #C7B865 #D7CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AF9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AF9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9E40

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9E40	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.115 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caba79',
    500: '#af9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9e40;
$custom-light: #caba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69577,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9E40

secondary

#8891C3

accent

#66D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9E40

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

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