#AF8A55#AF8A55

#AF8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.083 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8A55
RGB	rgb(175, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 51.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 7.40, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 34.39, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.021 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.083 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4086, 27.9485, 12.4908)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8A55 #557AAF

analogous

#AF5D55 #AF8A55 #A7AF55

triadic

#AF8A55 #55AF8A #8A55AF

tetradic

#AF8A55 #55AF5D #557AAF #AF55A7

square

#AF8A55 #55AF5D #557AAF #AF55A7

split-complementary

#AF8A55 #55A7AF #5D55AF

monochromatic

#5E492C #876A40 #AF8A55 #C3A77F #D6C3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AF8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AF8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8A55

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8A55	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.083 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac86',
    500: '#af8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8a55;
$custom-light: #c9ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65657,
    "c": 0.08349,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8A55

secondary

#9CACC4

accent

#8ACC5C

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8A55

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

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