#AF8B59#AF8B59

#AF8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.080 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8B59
RGB	rgb(175, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 49.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 7.23, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 32.64, 77.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.021 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.08 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7162, 28.3021, 13.3996)
Luminance	0.2830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8B59 #597DAF

analogous

#AF6059 #AF8B59 #A8AF59

triadic

#AF8B59 #59AF8B #8B59AF

tetradic

#AF8B59 #59AF60 #597DAF #AF59A8

square

#AF8B59 #59AF60 #597DAF #AF59A8

split-complementary

#AF8B59 #59A8AF #6059AF

monochromatic

#604B2E #896B42 #AF8B59 #C3A882 #D7C5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AF8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AF8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8B59

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8B59	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.080 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac89',
    500: '#af8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8b59;
$custom-light: #c9ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.884,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65926,
    "c": 0.07994,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8B59

secondary

#9FAFC5

accent

#8BCB5D

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F9F4F0

border

#D2CECB

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8B59

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

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