#AF8A38#AF8A38

#AF8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.109 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A38
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 68%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 5.18, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 48.06, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% 0.0108 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.109 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4830, 27.5783, 7.6162)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A38 #385DAF

analogous

#AF4F38 #AF8A38 #98AF38

triadic

#AF8A38 #38AF8A #8A38AF

tetradic

#AF8A38 #38AF4F #385DAF #AF3898

square

#AF8A38 #38AF4F #385DAF #AF3898

split-complementary

#AF8A38 #3898AF #4F38AF

monochromatic

#52411A #816529 #AF8A38 #CAA75A #D9C088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AF8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AF8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A38

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A38	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.109 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab73',
    500: '#af8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a38;
$custom-light: #caab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.345,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65284,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A38

secondary

#8095C3

accent

#79DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A38

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

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