#AFA999#AFA999

#AFA999 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.024 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AFA999
RGB	rgb(175, 169, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 13%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 12.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -0.66, 9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 9.05, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0001 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.024 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6164, 39.7902, 35.8295)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AFA999 #999FAF

analogous

#AF9E99 #AFA999 #AAAF99

triadic

#AFA999 #99AFA9 #A999AF

tetradic

#AFA999 #99AF9E #999FAF #AF99AA

square

#AFA999 #99AF9E #999FAF #AF99AA

split-complementary

#AFA999 #99AAAF #9E99AF

monochromatic

#736C5A #948C77 #AFA999 #CAC6BB #E5E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AFA999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AFA999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AFA999

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AFA999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AFA999	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #afa999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(175, 169, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.024 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c2b7',
    500: '#afa999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #afa999;
$custom-light: #c7c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#afa999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 175,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 12.088,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73531,
    "c": 0.02351,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AFA999

secondary

#CED0D6

accent

#63964F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AFA999

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

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