#AF9F40#AF9F40

#AF9F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF9F40
RGB	rgb(175, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -5.75, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 50.57, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0197 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.116 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0040, 34.2817, 9.8334)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF9F40 #4050AF

analogous

#AF6740 #AF9F40 #88AF40

triadic

#AF9F40 #40AF9F #9F40AF

tetradic

#AF9F40 #40AF67 #4050AF #AF4088

square

#AF9F40 #40AF67 #4050AF #AF4088

split-complementary

#AF9F40 #4088AF #6740AF

monochromatic

#554E1F #827630 #AF9F40 #C7B965 #D7CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AF9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AF9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AF9F40

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF9F40	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabb79',
    500: '#af9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af9f40;
$custom-light: #cabb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69792,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF9F40

secondary

#8891C3

accent

#65D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF9F40

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

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