#AB6540#AB6540

#AB6540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.104 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB6540
RGB	rgb(171, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 24.67, 32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 40.97, 52.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% 0.0701 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.104 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3753, 18.3377, 7.2106)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB6540 #4086AB

analogous

#AB4050 #AB6540 #AB9A40

triadic

#AB6540 #40AB65 #6540AB

tetradic

#AB6540 #50AB40 #4086AB #9A40AB

square

#AB6540 #50AB40 #4086AB #9A40AB

split-complementary

#AB6540 #40AB9A #4050AB

monochromatic

#52301F #7E4B2F #AB6540 #C58563 #D5A890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#AB6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#AB6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB6540

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB6540	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.104 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89176',
    500: '#ab6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab6540;
$custom-light: #c89176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.748,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57733,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB6540

secondary

#86ACC1

accent

#A8D553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB6540

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

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