#AF8A49#AF8A49

#AF8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.095 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A49
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 6.36, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 40.19, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0165 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.095 80)
XYZ	xyz(27.9717, 27.7737, 10.1896)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A49 #496EAF

analogous

#AF5749 #AF8A49 #A1AF49

triadic

#AF8A49 #49AF8A #8A49AF

tetradic

#AF8A49 #49AF57 #496EAF #AF49A1

square

#AF8A49 #49AF57 #496EAF #AF49A1

split-complementary

#AF8A49 #49A1AF #5749AF

monochromatic

#594625 #846837 #AF8A49 #C4A671 #D6C19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AF8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AF8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A49

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A49	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.095 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac7d',
    500: '#af8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a49;
$custom-light: #caac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.235,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65481,
    "c": 0.09462,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.27772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A49

secondary

#91A3C2

accent

#83D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A49

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

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