#AF8A36#AF8A36

#AF8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.110 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A36
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 5.06, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 48.93, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0102 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.11 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4351, 27.5591, 7.3637)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A36 #365BAF

analogous

#AF4E36 #AF8A36 #97AF36

triadic

#AF8A36 #36AF8A #8A36AF

tetradic

#AF8A36 #36AF4E #365BAF #AF3697

square

#AF8A36 #36AF4E #365BAF #AF3697

split-complementary

#AF8A36 #3697AF #4E36AF

monochromatic

#514019 #806528 #AF8A36 #CBA857 #DAC086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AF8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AF8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A36

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A36	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.110 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab71',
    500: '#af8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a36;
$custom-light: #cbab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65265,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A36

secondary

#7D93C3

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A36

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

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