Brown Sugar (#AF6E4D) is a moderately saturated, medium brown. In RGB it is made of 69% red, 43% green and 30% blue (R 175, G 110, B 77). The red channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 20°, 39% saturation and 49% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.208, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 0% cyan, 37% magenta, 56% yellow and 31% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a warm color. It goes well with cool blues and greens for contrast. For a matching look, use nearby warm tones.
#AF6E4D in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.
| Format | Value | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #AF6E4D | |
| RGB | rgb(175, 110, 77) | |
| HSL | hsl(20, 39%, 49%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(20, 56%, 69%) | |
| HWB | hwb(20 30% 31%) | |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 37%, 56%, 31%) | |
| OKLCH | oklch(60.09% 0.0953 47.27) | |
| OKLab | oklab(60.09% 0.0647 0.07) | |
| CIELAB | lab(53.13% 24.05 29.63) | |
| CIELCH | lch(53.13% 38.16 50.94) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.6502 0.4429 0.3249) | |
| XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.2459 0.208 0.0974) | |
| Decimal | 11497037 |
CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.2080. Nearest web-safe color: #996666.
See what #AF6E4D makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.
Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.
| Where | Code | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| CSS variable | --brown-sugar: #AF6E4D; | |
| Sass variable | $brown-sugar: #AF6E4D; | |
| Tailwind CSS v4 | @theme { --color-brown-sugar: #AF6E4D; } | |
| Tailwind CSS v3 config | colors: { 'brown-sugar': '#AF6E4D' } | |
| SwiftUI | Color(red: 0.686, green: 0.431, blue: 0.302) | |
| UIKit | UIColor(red: 0.686, green: 0.431, blue: 0.302, alpha: 1) | |
| Android XML | <color name="brown_sugar">#FFAF6E4D</color> | |
| Flutter and Jetpack Compose | Color(0xFFAF6E4D) |
Black text works best on #AF6E4D (5.16:1, AA). Here is how #AF6E4D does as a text color:
Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.
#AF6E4D next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.
With deuteranopia, #AF6E4D and #4DAF6E look much alike. Don't use these colors alone to tell things apart, for example in a chart. Add labels, patterns or a difference in lightness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.
Brown Sugar comes from Crayola's Heads 'n Tails set. These eight crayons have a color on each end and come in plastic tubes. Brown Sugar is the second color of the crayon called Sweet Brown, which is a dark red brown, #A83731.
The code #AF6E4D matches the value in the Crayola crayon color list on Wikipedia. Like most crayon codes, it is a screen estimate and not an official Crayola number. On screen, it sits between copper and raw sienna.
A sample app screen with #AF6E4D as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.
Light theme
Dark theme
Buttons and bars use #AF6E4D as it is. On the light theme, #AF6E4D is too hard to read as text (4.07:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #A76746 there (4.50:1). On the dark theme, #AF6E4D is too hard to read as text (4.36:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #B1704F there (4.48:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.
These schemes turn the hue of #AF6E4D around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.
Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.
Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.
A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.
Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.
Four hues 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.
One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.
Four CSS gradients made from #AF6E4D. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.
From a pale tint to the full color.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #F0E1DA, #AF6E4D);
The color fading into a dark shade.
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #AF6E4D, #2E190F);
Its two neighbors on the color wheel.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #AF4D5D, #AF6E4D, #AF9F4D);
A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #AF6E4D, #8D915D, #4DAF6E);
Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.
Brown Sugar sits at step 500. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.
The nearest match to #AF6E4D in three color systems that designers and builders use.
ΔE is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.
The named colors that look closest to this one (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of brown or search the color library.
