#AB8231#AB8231

#AB8231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.109 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8231
RGB	rgb(171, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 7.44, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 48.68, 81.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.0167 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.109 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3332, 24.8468, 6.3668)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8231 #315AAB

analogous

#AB4531 #AB8231 #97AB31

triadic

#AB8231 #31AB82 #8231AB

tetradic

#AB8231 #31AB45 #315AAB #AB3197

square

#AB8231 #31AB45 #315AAB #AB3197

split-complementary

#AB8231 #3197AB #4531AB

monochromatic

#4C3A16 #7B5E23 #AB8231 #CCA14D #DABA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#AB8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#AB8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8231

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8231	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.109 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a66e',
    500: '#ab8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8231;
$custom-light: #c8a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.836,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63142,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8231

secondary

#758FC2

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8231

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

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