#AB8538#AB8538

#AB8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8538
RGB	rgb(171, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 6.17, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 46.20, 82.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0139 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.105 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8974, 25.7203, 7.3411)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8538 #385EAB

analogous

#AB4C38 #AB8538 #98AB38

triadic

#AB8538 #38AB85 #8538AB

tetradic

#AB8538 #38AB4C #385EAB #AB3898

square

#AB8538 #38AB4C #385EAB #AB3898

split-complementary

#AB8538 #3898AB #4C38AB

monochromatic

#4F3D1A #7D6129 #AB8538 #C8A358 #D7BC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AB8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AB8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8538

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8538	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a872',
    500: '#ab8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8538;
$custom-light: #c8a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.174,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8538

secondary

#7D94C1

accent

#7CDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8538

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

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