#AB8937#AB8937

#AB8937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.108 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8937
RGB	rgb(171, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 67.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 3.89, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 47.53, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.0072 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.108 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4313, 26.8268, 7.3996)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8937 #3759AB

analogous

#AB4F37 #AB8937 #93AB37

triadic

#AB8937 #37AB89 #8937AB

tetradic

#AB8937 #37AB4F #3759AB #AB3793

square

#AB8937 #37AB4F #3759AB #AB3793

split-complementary

#AB8937 #3793AB #4F37AB

monochromatic

#4E3F19 #7D6428 #AB8937 #C9A756 #D8BF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AB8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#AB8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8937

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8937	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)

#99882D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.108 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab72',
    500: '#ab8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8937;
$custom-light: #c7ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 51.327,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64641,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8937

secondary

#7C91C1

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8937

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

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