#AB8938#AB8938

#AB8938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.107 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8938
RGB	rgb(171, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 3.95, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 47.09, 85.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.0075 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.107 86)
XYZ	xyz(26.4555, 26.8364, 7.5271)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8938 #385AAB

analogous

#AB5038 #AB8938 #94AB38

triadic

#AB8938 #38AB89 #8938AB

tetradic

#AB8938 #38AB50 #385AAB #AB3894

square

#AB8938 #38AB50 #385AAB #AB3894

split-complementary

#AB8938 #3894AB #5038AB

monochromatic

#4F3F1A #7D6429 #AB8938 #C8A758 #D7BF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AB8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AB8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8938

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8938	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.107 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab72',
    500: '#ab8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8938;
$custom-light: #c7ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64651,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.26835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8938

secondary

#7D92C1

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8938

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

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