#AF8A51#AF8A51

#AF8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.087 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A51
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 7.03, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 36.33, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0195 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.087 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2542, 27.8867, 11.6775)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A51 #5176AF

analogous

#AF5B51 #AF8A51 #A5AF51

triadic

#AF8A51 #51AF8A #8A51AF

tetradic

#AF8A51 #51AF5B #5176AF #AF51A5

square

#AF8A51 #51AF5B #5176AF #AF51A5

split-complementary

#AF8A51 #51A5AF #5B51AF

monochromatic

#5C482A #85693D #AF8A51 #C2A67B #D6C2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AF8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#AF8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A51

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A51	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.087 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac83',
    500: '#af8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a51;
$custom-light: #c9ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.383,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65595,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A51

secondary

#99A9C3

accent

#88CD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A51

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

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