#AB8437#AB8437

#AB8437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.105 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8437
RGB	rgb(171, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 6.67, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 46.45, 81.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0152 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.105 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7369, 25.4381, 7.1682)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8437 #375EAB

analogous

#AB4A37 #AB8437 #98AB37

triadic

#AB8437 #37AB84 #8437AB

tetradic

#AB8437 #37AB4A #375EAB #AB3798

square

#AB8437 #37AB4A #375EAB #AB3798

split-complementary

#AB8437 #3798AB #4A37AB

monochromatic

#4E3D19 #7D6028 #AB8437 #C9A256 #D8BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AB8437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#AB8437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8437

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8437	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)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.105 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a771',
    500: '#ab8437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8437;
$custom-light: #c8a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63609,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8437

secondary

#7C94C1

accent

#7DDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8437

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

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