#AF8538#AF8538

#AF8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8538
RGB	rgb(175, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 7.95, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 47.06, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0188 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.107 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7821, 26.1764, 7.3826)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8538 #3862AF

analogous

#AF4A38 #AF8538 #9DAF38

triadic

#AF8538 #38AF85 #8538AF

tetradic

#AF8538 #38AF4A #3862AF #AF389D

square

#AF8538 #38AF4A #3862AF #AF389D

split-complementary

#AF8538 #389DAF #4A38AF

monochromatic

#523F1A #816229 #AF8538 #CAA35A #D9BD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AF8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#AF8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8538

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8538	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba872',
    500: '#af8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8538;
$custom-light: #cba872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64263,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8538

secondary

#8097C3

accent

#7FDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8538

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

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