#AF9F27#AF9F27

#AF9F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9F27
RGB	rgb(175, 159, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -7.07, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 60.39, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0262 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4450, 34.0581, 6.8893)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9F27 #2737AF

analogous

#AF5B27 #AF9F27 #7BAF27

triadic

#AF9F27 #27AF9F #9F27AF

tetradic

#AF9F27 #27AF5B #2737AF #AF277B

square

#AF9F27 #27AF5B #2737AF #AF277B

split-complementary

#AF9F27 #277BAF #5B27AF

monochromatic

#4B4411 #7D721C #AF9F27 #D4C33F #DFD271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AF9F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#AF9F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9F27

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9F27	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 159, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbb6b',
    500: '#af9f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9f27;
$custom-light: #cbbb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69595,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9F27

secondary

#6B76C6

accent

#55E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9F27

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

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