#AB8037#AB8037

#AB8037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.104 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8037
RGB	rgb(171, 128, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 8.90, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 45.72, 78.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0218 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.104 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2049, 24.3739, 6.9908)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8037 #3762AB

analogous

#AB4637 #AB8037 #9CAB37

triadic

#AB8037 #37AB80 #8037AB

tetradic

#AB8037 #37AB46 #3762AB #AB379C

square

#AB8037 #37AB46 #3762AB #AB379C

split-complementary

#AB8037 #379CAB #4637AB

monochromatic

#4E3B19 #7D5D28 #AB8037 #C99E56 #D8B985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#AB8037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#AB8037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8037

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8037	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 128, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.104 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a471',
    500: '#ab8037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8037;
$custom-light: #c8a471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.759,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62794,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8037

secondary

#7C96C1

accent

#82DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8037

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

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