#AF8A48#AF8A48

#AF8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.096 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A48
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 58.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 6.28, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 40.67, 81.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0161 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.096 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9388, 27.7605, 10.0164)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A48 #486DAF

analogous

#AF5748 #AF8A48 #A0AF48

triadic

#AF8A48 #48AF8A #8A48AF

tetradic

#AF8A48 #48AF57 #486DAF #AF48A0

square

#AF8A48 #48AF57 #486DAF #AF48A0

split-complementary

#AF8A48 #48A0AF #5748AF

monochromatic

#584624 #846836 #AF8A48 #C4A670 #D6C19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AF8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AF8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A48

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A48	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.096 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac7d',
    500: '#af8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a48;
$custom-light: #caac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.447,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65468,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A48

secondary

#90A2C2

accent

#83D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A48

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

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