#AF9F38#AF9F38

#AF9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9F38
RGB	rgb(175, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -6.25, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 54.02, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0221 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7925, 34.1971, 8.7194)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9F38 #3848AF

analogous

#AF6438 #AF9F38 #83AF38

triadic

#AF9F38 #38AF9F #9F38AF

tetradic

#AF9F38 #38AF64 #3848AF #AF3883

square

#AF9F38 #38AF64 #3848AF #AF3883

split-complementary

#AF9F38 #3883AF #6438AF

monochromatic

#524B1A #817529 #AF9F38 #CABB5A #D9CE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AF9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#AF9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9F38

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9F38	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb74',
    500: '#af9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9f38;
$custom-light: #cabb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69717,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9F38

secondary

#8089C3

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9F38

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

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