#AF8F42#AF8F42

#AF8F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AF8F42
RGB	rgb(175, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 62.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, 3.07, 44.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 44.71, 86.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.006 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.103 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4864, 29.1539, 9.2800)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AF8F42 #4262AF

analogous

#AF5842 #AF8F42 #99AF42

triadic

#AF8F42 #42AF8F #8F42AF

tetradic

#AF8F42 #42AF58 #4262AF #AF4299

square

#AF8F42 #42AF58 #4262AF #AF4299

split-complementary

#AF8F42 #4299AF #5842AF

monochromatic

#564620 #836B31 #AF8F42 #C6AB68 #D7C395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AF8F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#AF8F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AF8F42

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AF8F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AF8F42	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #af8f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaf79',
    500: '#af8f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #af8f42;
$custom-light: #caaf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#af8f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66426,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AF8F42

secondary

#8A9BC2

accent

#79D553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AF8F42

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

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