#AF8438#AF8438

#AF8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8438
RGB	rgb(175, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 8.51, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 46.88, 79.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.0205 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.107 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6459, 25.9039, 7.3372)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8438 #3863AF

analogous

#AF4838 #AF8438 #9FAF38

triadic

#AF8438 #38AF84 #8438AF

tetradic

#AF8438 #38AF48 #3863AF #AF389F

square

#AF8438 #38AF48 #3863AF #AF389F

split-complementary

#AF8438 #389FAF #4838AF

monochromatic

#523E1A #816129 #AF8438 #CAA25A #D9BC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AF8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AF8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8438

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8438	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba772',
    500: '#af8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8438;
$custom-light: #cba772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.319,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6406,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8438

secondary

#8098C3

accent

#80DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8438

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

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