#AF8B36#AF8B36

#AF8B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.111 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8B36
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 4.51, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 49.15, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0086 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.111 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5792, 27.8473, 7.4118)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8B36 #365AAF

analogous

#AF4F36 #AF8B36 #96AF36

triadic

#AF8B36 #36AF8B #8B36AF

tetradic

#AF8B36 #36AF4F #365AAF #AF3696

square

#AF8B36 #36AF4F #365AAF #AF3696

split-complementary

#AF8B36 #3696AF #4F36AF

monochromatic

#514119 #806628 #AF8B36 #CBA957 #DAC186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AF8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AF8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8B36

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8B36	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.111 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbac71',
    500: '#af8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8b36;
$custom-light: #cbac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65471,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8B36

secondary

#7D92C3

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8B36

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

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