#AF8938#AF8938

#AF8938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8938
RGB	rgb(175, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 5.73, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 47.84, 83.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0124 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.108 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3402, 27.2926, 7.5686)
Luminance	0.2729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8938 #385EAF

analogous

#AF4D38 #AF8938 #9AAF38

triadic

#AF8938 #38AF89 #8938AF

tetradic

#AF8938 #38AF4D #385EAF #AF389A

square

#AF8938 #38AF4D #385EAF #AF389A

split-complementary

#AF8938 #389AAF #4D38AF

monochromatic

#52401A #816529 #AF8938 #CAA65A #D9BF88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AF8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AF8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8938

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8938	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab72',
    500: '#af8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8938;
$custom-light: #caab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.84,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65079,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8938

secondary

#8095C3

accent

#7ADB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8938

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

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