#AB8436#AB8436

#AB8436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.106 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8436
RGB	rgb(171, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 6.61, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 46.89, 81.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0149 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.106 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7132, 25.4286, 7.0432)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8436 #365DAB

analogous

#AB4A36 #AB8436 #98AB36

triadic

#AB8436 #36AB84 #8436AB

tetradic

#AB8436 #36AB4A #365DAB #AB3698

square

#AB8436 #36AB4A #365DAB #AB3698

split-complementary

#AB8436 #3698AB #4A36AB

monochromatic

#4E3C19 #7C6027 #AB8436 #C9A255 #D8BC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AB8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#AB8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8436

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8436	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.106 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a771',
    500: '#ab8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8436;
$custom-light: #c8a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63599,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8436

secondary

#7B93C2

accent

#7CDB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8436

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

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