#AF8959#AF8959

#AF8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.079 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8959
RGB	rgb(175, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 8.34, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 32.27, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.0243 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.079 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4292, 27.7282, 13.3039)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8959 #597FAF

analogous

#AF5E59 #AF8959 #AAAF59

triadic

#AF8959 #59AF89 #8959AF

tetradic

#AF8959 #59AF5E #597FAF #AF59AA

square

#AF8959 #59AF5E #597FAF #AF59AA

split-complementary

#AF8959 #59AAAF #5E59AF

monochromatic

#604A2E #896A42 #AF8959 #C3A682 #D7C4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AF8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AF8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8959

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8959	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0935A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.079 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab88',
    500: '#af8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8959;
$custom-light: #c9ab88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6552,
    "c": 0.07944,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8959

secondary

#9FB0C5

accent

#8DCB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8959

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

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