#AB8549#AB8549

#AB8549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.091 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8549
RGB	rgb(171, 133, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 7.39, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 38.26, 78.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0198 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.091 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3860, 25.9157, 9.9145)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8549 #496FAB

analogous

#AB5449 #AB8549 #A0AB49

triadic

#AB8549 #49AB85 #8549AB

tetradic

#AB8549 #49AB54 #496FAB #AB49A0

square

#AB8549 #49AB54 #496FAB #AB49A0

split-complementary

#AB8549 #49A0AB #5449AB

monochromatic

#554224 #806437 #AB8549 #C2A26F #D4BE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#AB8549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#AB8549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8549

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8549	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 133, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.091 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7a87d',
    500: '#ab8549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8549;
$custom-light: #c7a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64031,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8549

secondary

#8FA2C0

accent

#86D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#130F0A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8549

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

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