#AB522B#AB522B

#AB522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.128 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB522B
RGB	rgb(171, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 33.74, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 51.55, 49.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.094 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.128 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2499, 14.8694, 4.0888)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB522B #2B84AB

analogous

#AB2B44 #AB522B #AB922B

triadic

#AB522B #2BAB52 #522BAB

tetradic

#AB522B #44AB2B #2B84AB #922BAB

square

#AB522B #44AB2B #2B84AB #922BAB

split-complementary

#AB522B #2BAB92 #2B44AB

monochromatic

#492312 #7A3B1F #AB522B #D06E43 #DC9474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#AB522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#AB522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB522B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB522B	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B5F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC3F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.128 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8466',
    500: '#ab522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab522b;
$custom-light: #ca8466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.281,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54244,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB522B

secondary

#6EAAC4

accent

#B3E345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB522B

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

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