#AB8936#AB8936

#AB8936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.108 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8936
RGB	rgb(171, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 3.83, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 47.97, 85.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0069 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.108 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4076, 26.8173, 7.2747)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8936 #3658AB

analogous

#AB4F36 #AB8936 #93AB36

triadic

#AB8936 #36AB89 #8936AB

tetradic

#AB8936 #36AB4F #3658AB #AB3693

square

#AB8936 #36AB4F #3658AB #AB3693

split-complementary

#AB8936 #3693AB #4F36AB

monochromatic

#4E3E19 #7C6427 #AB8936 #C9A755 #D8BF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AB8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#AB8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8936

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8936	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.108 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab71',
    500: '#ab8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8936;
$custom-light: #c8ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.564,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64632,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8936

secondary

#7B90C2

accent

#76DB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8936

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

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