#AB5937#AB5937

#AB5937 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.118 H 42.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5937
RGB	rgb(171, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 30.65, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 46.03, 48.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.53% 0.0867 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(55.53% 0.118 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0584, 16.0809, 5.6086)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5937 #3789AB

analogous

#AB374F #AB5937 #AB9337

triadic

#AB5937 #37AB59 #5937AB

tetradic

#AB5937 #4FAB37 #3789AB #9337AB

square

#AB5937 #4FAB37 #3789AB #9337AB

split-complementary

#AB5937 #37AB93 #374FAB

monochromatic

#4E2919 #7D4128 #AB5937 #C97856 #D89D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#AB5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#AB5937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB5937

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB5937	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4951

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.118 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9896f',
    500: '#ab5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5937;
$custom-light: #c9896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.586,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55529,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5937

secondary

#7CADC1

accent

#B1DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5937

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →