#AF7D2B

Closest named color: Golden Brown (#B27A01). oklch(62.5% 0.114 75.7), rgb(175, 125, 43).

Black text reads best on this color (5.79:1).

About this color

#AF7D2B is a medium-light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.114 and its hue 76°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Golden Brown (#B27A01), ΔE 0.017 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.79:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.114)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Golden Brown (#B27A01)
Black text	5.79:1
White text	3.62:1

Values

HEX	#AF7D2B
RGB	rgb(175, 125, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 43%)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.114 75.7)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #AF7D2B	3.62:1	AA large text	Lc -69.2	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #AF7D2B	5.79:1	AA	Lc 40.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#AF7D2B text on white	3.62:1	AA large text	Lc 63.7	Content text, not long reading
#AF7D2B text on black	5.79:1	AA	Lc -38.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F8F5F0

oklch(97.1% 0.007 80.7)
Step 100
100

#F0E9DE

oklch(93.6% 0.017 79.3)
Step 200
200

#E5D7C3

oklch(88.5% 0.031 76.9)
Step 300
300

#D6BC99

oklch(80.9% 0.056 75.1)
Step 400
400

#C1995F

oklch(70.7% 0.089 75.7)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#AF7D2B

oklch(62.5% 0.114 75.7)
Step 600
600

#9A6800

oklch(55.6% 0.117 75.8)
Step 700
700

#825700

oklch(49.1% 0.103 75.7)
Step 800
800

#6B4700

oklch(42.8% 0.09 75.9)
Step 900
900

#583B08

oklch(37.7% 0.074 75.5)
Step 950
950

#342308

oklch(27.1% 0.048 75.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#AF7D2B with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#8F7F1F	0.056
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#9B8B2E	0.047
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#BF706C	0.096
Achromatopsia (no color)	#868686	0.114