#AF8A31#AF8A31

#AF8A31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.114 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A31
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 72%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 4.79, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 51.05, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0087 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.114 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3237, 27.5145, 6.7768)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A31 #3156AF

analogous

#AF4B31 #AF8A31 #95AF31

triadic

#AF8A31 #31AF8A #8A31AF

tetradic

#AF8A31 #31AF4B #3156AF #AF3195

square

#AF8A31 #31AF4B #3156AF #AF3195

split-complementary

#AF8A31 #3195AF #4B31AF

monochromatic

#4F3F16 #7F6424 #AF8A31 #CEA94F #DBC07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AF8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AF8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A31

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A31	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.114 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab6e',
    500: '#af8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a31;
$custom-light: #cbab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6522,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A31

secondary

#788EC4

accent

#75E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EC

border

#D3CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A31

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

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