#AB8939#AB8939

#AB8939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.106 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8939
RGB	rgb(171, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 66.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 4.01, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 46.64, 85.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0078 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.106 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4802, 26.8463, 7.6572)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8939 #395BAB

analogous

#AB5039 #AB8939 #94AB39

triadic

#AB8939 #39AB89 #8939AB

tetradic

#AB8939 #39AB50 #395BAB #AB3994

square

#AB8939 #39AB50 #395BAB #AB3994

split-complementary

#AB8939 #3994AB #5039AB

monochromatic

#4F3F1A #7D642A #AB8939 #C8A759 #D7BF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AB8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AB8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8939

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8939	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)

#998830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.106 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab73',
    500: '#ab8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8939;
$custom-light: #c7ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.105,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64661,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8939

secondary

#7F92C1

accent

#78DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8939

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

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