#AF8A37#AF8A37

#AF8A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A37
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 5.12, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 48.49, 83.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0105 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.109 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4588, 27.5686, 7.4887)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A37 #375CAF

analogous

#AF4E37 #AF8A37 #98AF37

triadic

#AF8A37 #37AF8A #8A37AF

tetradic

#AF8A37 #37AF4E #375CAF #AF3798

square

#AF8A37 #37AF4E #375CAF #AF3798

split-complementary

#AF8A37 #3798AF #4E37AF

monochromatic

#52411A #806528 #AF8A37 #CBA759 #D9C087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AF8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AF8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A37

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A37	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#9A8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbab72',
    500: '#af8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a37;
$custom-light: #cbab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65275,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A37

secondary

#7F94C3

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A37

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

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