#AF8B37#AF8B37

#AF8B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.110 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8B37
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 4.56, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 48.72, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0089 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.11 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6030, 27.8568, 7.5367)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8B37 #375BAF

analogous

#AF4F37 #AF8B37 #97AF37

triadic

#AF8B37 #37AF8B #8B37AF

tetradic

#AF8B37 #37AF4F #375BAF #AF3797

square

#AF8B37 #37AF4F #375BAF #AF3797

split-complementary

#AF8B37 #3797AF #4F37AF

monochromatic

#52411A #806628 #AF8B37 #CBA859 #D9C187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AF8B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AF8B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8B37

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8B37	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)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.110 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caac72',
    500: '#af8b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8b37;
$custom-light: #caac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65481,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8B37

secondary

#7F93C3

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8B37

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

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