#AB5E38#AB5E38

#AB5E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.113 H 45.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB5E38
RGB	rgb(171, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 27.99, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 44.89, 51.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.0788 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.113 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5129, 16.9512, 5.8796)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB5E38 #3885AB

analogous

#AB384C #AB5E38 #AB9838

triadic

#AB5E38 #38AB5E #5E38AB

tetradic

#AB5E38 #4CAB38 #3885AB #9838AB

square

#AB5E38 #4CAB38 #3885AB #9838AB

split-complementary

#AB5E38 #38AB98 #384CAB

monochromatic

#4F2B1A #7D4529 #AB5E38 #C87D58 #D7A186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AB5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AB5E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AB5E38

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AB5E38	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB4F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.113 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c98c70',
    500: '#ab5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab5e38;
$custom-light: #c98c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.826,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5639,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB5E38

secondary

#7DABC1

accent

#ACDA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB5E38

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

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