#AF8979#AF8979

#AF8979 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.052 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8979
RGB	rgb(175, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(18, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 30.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 12.11, 14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 18.60, 49.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0376 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.052 44)
XYZ	xyz(30.0767, 28.3872, 21.9805)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8979 #799FAF

analogous

#AF7984 #AF8979 #AFA479

triadic

#AF8979 #79AF89 #8979AF

tetradic

#AF8979 #84AF79 #799FAF #A479AF

square

#AF8979 #84AF79 #799FAF #A479AF

split-complementary

#AF8979 #79AFA4 #7984AF

monochromatic

#6D4E41 #936958 #AF8979 #C6AB9F #DDCCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AF8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AF8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8979

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8979	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.052 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab9f',
    500: '#af8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8979;
$custom-light: #c8ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 25.234,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66178,
    "c": 0.05222,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.28386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8979

secondary

#B7C6CD

accent

#A7C266

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#13100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8979

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

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