#AB5A37#AB5A37

#AB5A37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.117 H 43.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5A37
RGB	rgb(171, 90, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 30.11, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 45.87, 48.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.7% 0.0851 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.7% 0.117 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1422, 16.2485, 5.6366)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5A37 #3788AB

analogous

#AB374E #AB5A37 #AB9437

triadic

#AB5A37 #37AB5A #5A37AB

tetradic

#AB5A37 #4EAB37 #3788AB #9437AB

square

#AB5A37 #4EAB37 #3788AB #9437AB

split-complementary

#AB5A37 #37AB94 #374EAB

monochromatic

#4E2919 #7D4228 #AB5A37 #C97956 #D89E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#AB5A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#AB5A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB5A37

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB5A37	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 90, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.117 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98a6f',
    500: '#ab5a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5a37;
$custom-light: #c98a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.103,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55696,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5A37

secondary

#7CADC1

accent

#B0DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5A37

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

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