#AF8C48#AF8C48

#AF8C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8C48
RGB	rgb(175, 140, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 58.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, 5.17, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 41.12, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% 0.0129 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.096 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2284, 28.3397, 10.1129)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8C48 #486BAF

analogous

#AF5948 #AF8C48 #9EAF48

triadic

#AF8C48 #48AF8C #8C48AF

tetradic

#AF8C48 #48AF59 #486BAF #AF489E

square

#AF8C48 #48AF59 #486BAF #AF489E

split-complementary

#AF8C48 #489EAF #5948AF

monochromatic

#584724 #846936 #AF8C48 #C4A870 #D6C29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AF8C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AF8C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8C48

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8C48	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 140, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caad7d',
    500: '#af8c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8c48;
$custom-light: #caad7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.612,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65879,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8C48

secondary

#90A1C2

accent

#80D256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#14100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8C48

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

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