#AB842C#AB842C

#AB842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB842C
RGB	rgb(171, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 6.07, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 51.11, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0121 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.113 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5021, 25.3441, 5.9311)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB842C #2C53AB

analogous

#AB452C #AB842C #93AB2C

triadic

#AB842C #2CAB84 #842CAB

tetradic

#AB842C #2CAB45 #2C53AB #AB2C93

square

#AB842C #2CAB45 #2C53AB #AB2C93

split-complementary

#AB842C #2C93AB #452CAB

monochromatic

#4A3913 #7A5E1F #AB842C #CFA545 #DCBC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#AB842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#AB842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB842C

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB842C	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a76b',
    500: '#ab842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab842c;
$custom-light: #c8a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63509,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB842C

secondary

#6F89C3

accent

#76E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB842C

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

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