#AF8838#AF8838

#AF8838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.108 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8838
RGB	rgb(175, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 6.28, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 47.64, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.014 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.108 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1987, 27.0097, 7.5214)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8838 #385FAF

analogous

#AF4C38 #AF8838 #9AAF38

triadic

#AF8838 #38AF88 #8838AF

tetradic

#AF8838 #38AF4C #385FAF #AF389A

square

#AF8838 #38AF4C #385FAF #AF389A

split-complementary

#AF8838 #389AAF #4C38AF

monochromatic

#52401A #816429 #AF8838 #CAA55A #D9BF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AF8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AF8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8838

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8838	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.108 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaa72',
    500: '#af8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8838;
$custom-light: #cbaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64874,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8838

secondary

#8096C3

accent

#7BDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8838

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

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