#AF8A40#AF8A40

#AF8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.102 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A40
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 5.69, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 44.44, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0133 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.102 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6946, 27.6629, 8.7303)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A40 #4065AF

analogous

#AF5340 #AF8A40 #9DAF40

triadic

#AF8A40 #40AF8A #8A40AF

tetradic

#AF8A40 #40AF53 #4065AF #AF409D

square

#AF8A40 #40AF53 #4065AF #AF409D

split-complementary

#AF8A40 #409DAF #5340AF

monochromatic

#55431F #826730 #AF8A40 #C7A665 #D7C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AF8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AF8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A40

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A40	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.102 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab78',
    500: '#af8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a40;
$custom-light: #caab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6537,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A40

secondary

#889CC3

accent

#7ED652

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A40

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

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