#AB8038#AB8038

#AB8038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8038
RGB	rgb(171, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 8.96, 44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 45.28, 78.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0221 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.103 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2291, 24.3836, 7.1183)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8038 #3863AB

analogous

#AB4638 #AB8038 #9DAB38

triadic

#AB8038 #38AB80 #8038AB

tetradic

#AB8038 #38AB46 #3863AB #AB389D

square

#AB8038 #38AB46 #3863AB #AB389D

split-complementary

#AB8038 #389DAB #4638AB

monochromatic

#4F3B1A #7D5D29 #AB8038 #C89E58 #D7B986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#AB8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#AB8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8038

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8038	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a472',
    500: '#ab8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8038;
$custom-light: #c8a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.565,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62805,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8038

secondary

#7D97C1

accent

#82DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8038

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

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