#AF8A42#AF8A42

#AF8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.101 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A42
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 5.83, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 43.51, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.014 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.101 82)
XYZ	xyz(27.7525, 27.6860, 9.0354)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A42 #4267AF

analogous

#AF5442 #AF8A42 #9EAF42

triadic

#AF8A42 #42AF8A #8A42AF

tetradic

#AF8A42 #42AF54 #4267AF #AF429E

square

#AF8A42 #42AF54 #4267AF #AF429E

split-complementary

#AF8A42 #429EAF #5442AF

monochromatic

#564420 #836731 #AF8A42 #C6A668 #D7C095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AF8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AF8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A42

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A42	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.101 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac79',
    500: '#af8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a42;
$custom-light: #caac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.633,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65393,
    "c": 0.10071,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.27684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A42

secondary

#8A9DC2

accent

#7FD553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A42

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

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