#AF8B51#AF8B51

#AF8B51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.088 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8B51
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 53.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 6.48, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 36.54, 79.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0179 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.088 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3983, 28.1750, 11.7255)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8B51 #5175AF

analogous

#AF5C51 #AF8B51 #A4AF51

triadic

#AF8B51 #51AF8B #8B51AF

tetradic

#AF8B51 #51AF5C #5175AF #AF51A4

square

#AF8B51 #51AF5C #5175AF #AF51A4

split-complementary

#AF8B51 #51A4AF #5C51AF

monochromatic

#5C492A #856A3D #AF8B51 #C2A77B #D6C3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AF8B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AF8B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8B51

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8B51	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.088 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac83',
    500: '#af8b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8b51;
$custom-light: #c9ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65799,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8B51

secondary

#99A9C3

accent

#87CD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4EF

border

#D2CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8B51

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

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