#AB8523#AB8523

#AB8523 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.119 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8523
RGB	rgb(171, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(43, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 79.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 5.13, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 54.69, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0083 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.119 86)
XYZ	xyz(25.4871, 25.5561, 5.1802)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8523 #2349AB

analogous

#AB4123 #AB8523 #8DAB23

triadic

#AB8523 #23AB85 #8523AB

tetradic

#AB8523 #23AB41 #2349AB #AB238D

square

#AB8523 #23AB41 #2349AB #AB238D

split-complementary

#AB8523 #238DAB #4123AB

monochromatic

#45360E #785D19 #AB8523 #D6A935 #E0BF68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AB8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#AB8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8523

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8523	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.119 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a866',
    500: '#ab8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8523;
$custom-light: #c9a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 66.019,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63651,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.25554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8523

secondary

#647FC6

accent

#6EE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8523

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

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