#AB8342#AB8342

#AB8342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.096 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8342
RGB	rgb(171, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 7.97, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 41.20, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.0205 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.096 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8957, 25.2856, 8.6699)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8342 #426AAB

analogous

#AB4F42 #AB8342 #9FAB42

triadic

#AB8342 #42AB83 #8342AB

tetradic

#AB8342 #42AB4F #426AAB #AB429F

square

#AB8342 #42AB4F #426AAB #AB429F

split-complementary

#AB8342 #429FAB #4F42AB

monochromatic

#533F20 #7F6131 #AB8342 #C4A066 #D5BC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#AB8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#AB8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8342

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8342	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93843C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.096 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a678',
    500: '#ab8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8342;
$custom-light: #c7a678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6353,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8342

secondary

#889EC0

accent

#85D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#130F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8342

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

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