#AF5B38#AF5B38

#AF5B38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.120 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF5B38
RGB	rgb(175, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 31.27, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 47.04, 48.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.0884 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.12 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1360, 16.8842, 5.8339)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF5B38 #388CAF

analogous

#AF3851 #AF5B38 #AF9638

triadic

#AF5B38 #38AF5B #5B38AF

tetradic

#AF5B38 #51AF38 #388CAF #9638AF

square

#AF5B38 #51AF38 #388CAF #9638AF

split-complementary

#AF5B38 #38AF96 #3851AF

monochromatic

#522B1A #814329 #AF5B38 #CA7B5A #D9A088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#AF5B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#AF5B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AF5B38

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF5B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AF5B38	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af5b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.120 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8b70',
    500: '#af5b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af5b38;
$custom-light: #cc8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af5b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56443,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF5B38

secondary

#80AFC3

accent

#B1DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF5B38

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

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