#AB7231#AB7231

#AB7231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.108 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB7231
RGB	rgb(171, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(32, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 16.43, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 46.83, 69.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.043 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.108 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3680, 20.9164, 5.7117)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB7231 #316AAB

analogous

#AB3531 #AB7231 #A7AB31

triadic

#AB7231 #31AB72 #7231AB

tetradic

#AB7231 #31AB35 #316AAB #AB31A7

square

#AB7231 #31AB35 #316AAB #AB31A7

split-complementary

#AB7231 #31A7AB #3531AB

monochromatic

#4C3316 #7B5223 #AB7231 #CC914D #DAAE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#AB7231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AB7231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB7231

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB7231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB7231	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA6564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab7231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.108 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99a6c',
    500: '#ab7231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab7231;
$custom-light: #c99a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab7231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.967,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59965,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB7231

secondary

#7599C2

accent

#8FDF49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F9F2EC

border

#D2CCC7

text

#140E07

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB7231

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

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