Brown Sugar (#AF6E4D)

The hex code for Brown Sugar is #AF6E4D. It is rgb(175, 110, 77) in RGB, hsl(20, 39%, 49%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 37%, 56%, 31%) in CMYK — a mid-tone orange. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

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HEX#AF6E4D

RGBrgb(175, 110, 77)

HSLhsl(20, 39%, 49%)

HSVhsv(20, 56%, 69%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 37%, 56%, 31%)

OKLCHoklch(60.1% 0.095 47.3)

LABlab(53.13% 24.05 29.63)

LCHlch(53.13% 38.16 50.94)

Colors Closest to Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar is a registered color name. These are the named colors nearest to it, measured as CIE76 distance in CIELAB — a perceptual scale, so the ordering matches what the eye sees rather than how close the raw RGB numbers happen to sit.

Metallic Bronze#A97142ΔE 7.34 Coconut#965A3EΔE 8.75 Café Au Lait#A67B5BΔE 11.35 Brown (Crayola)#AF593EΔE 11.53 Sienna#A0522DΔE 13.07 Copper Red#CB6D51ΔE 13.13

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#AF6E4D Channel Values

How Brown Sugar breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 175 · G 110 · B 77	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 20° · S 39% · L 49%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 20° · S 56% · V 69%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 0% · M 37% · Y 56% · K 31%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	4.07:1 vs white · 5.16:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a Brown Sugar background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text4.07:1AA normal ✗AA large ✓AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text5.16:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✗

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Colors That Go With Brown Sugar

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite Brown Sugar; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Complementary

Analogous

Analogous

Triadic

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Split comp.

Split comp.

Tints & Shades of Brown Sugar

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

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How Brown Sugar Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AF6E4D

Protanopia#7C7C4C

Protanomaly#93774D

Deuteranopia#888849

Deuteranomaly#997E4B

Tritanopia#B16B6B

Tritanomaly#B06C60

Achromatopsia#7E7E7E

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Using #AF6E4D in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--brown-sugar: #AF6E4D;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AF6E4D;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'brown-sugar': '#AF6E4D' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.686, green: 0.431, blue: 0.302)

Android XML<color name="brown_sugar">#AF6E4D</color>

SVG fillfill="#AF6E4D"

More Orange Colors

Brown Sugar sits in the orangefamily. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

b87333 a99a86 b88747 a97142 bb7530 a67b5b bc987e 9f8170 bf6136 9b7653 c19a6b 987654 d2b48c e1ac94 e79255 efc881 f5b175 fb4f14 ff4500 ff7e00 ffa62b ffc5ad ffded1 ffede5

#AF6E4D Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hex code for Brown Sugar?

The hex code for Brown Sugar is #AF6E4D. That is rgb(175, 110, 77) in RGB, hsl(20, 39%, 49%) in HSL, and approximately cmyk(0%, 37%, 56%, 31%) in CMYK.

What is the RGB value of #AF6E4D?

#AF6E4D is rgb(175, 110, 77) — red 175, green 110, and blue 77 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AF6E4D?

#AF6E4D converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 37%, 56%, 31%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AF6E4D be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #AF6E4D scores 4.07:1 against white and 5.16:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AF6E4D as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AF6E4D is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is sienna (#A0522D) at a CIE76 distance of 13.07, which is visibly different.

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