#AF8942#AF8942

#AF8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.100 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8942
RGB	rgb(175, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 6.38, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 43.29, 81.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0156 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.1 81)
XYZ	xyz(27.6097, 27.4004, 8.9878)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8942 #4268AF

analogous

#AF5342 #AF8942 #9EAF42

triadic

#AF8942 #42AF89 #8942AF

tetradic

#AF8942 #42AF53 #4268AF #AF429E

square

#AF8942 #42AF53 #4268AF #AF429E

split-complementary

#AF8942 #429EAF #5342AF

monochromatic

#564320 #836631 #AF8942 #C6A568 #D7C095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AF8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AF8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8942

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8942	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.100 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab79',
    500: '#af8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8942;
$custom-light: #caab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.083,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65188,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.27399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8942

secondary

#8A9EC2

accent

#80D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8942

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

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