#AF8740#AF8740

#AF8740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.101 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8740
RGB	rgb(175, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 7.36, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 43.82, 80.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0182 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.101 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2701, 26.8139, 8.5888)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8740 #4068AF

analogous

#AF4F40 #AF8740 #A0AF40

triadic

#AF8740 #40AF87 #8740AF

tetradic

#AF8740 #40AF4F #4068AF #AF40A0

square

#AF8740 #40AF4F #4068AF #AF40A0

split-complementary

#AF8740 #40A0AF #4F40AF

monochromatic

#55421F #826430 #AF8740 #C7A465 #D7BE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AF8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#AF8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8740

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8740	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.101 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa977',
    500: '#af8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8740;
$custom-light: #caa977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.378,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64757,
    "c": 0.10128,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8740

secondary

#889DC3

accent

#81D652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8740

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

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