#AB8949#AB8949

#AB8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.092 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8949
RGB	rgb(171, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 5.16, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 39.12, 82.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0133 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.092 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9441, 27.0319, 10.1005)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8949 #496BAB

analogous

#AB5849 #AB8949 #9CAB49

triadic

#AB8949 #49AB89 #8949AB

tetradic

#AB8949 #49AB58 #496BAB #AB499C

square

#AB8949 #49AB58 #496BAB #AB499C

split-complementary

#AB8949 #499CAB #5849AB

monochromatic

#554424 #806737 #AB8949 #C2A56F #D4C09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AB8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AB8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8949

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8949	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.092 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab7d',
    500: '#ab8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8949;
$custom-light: #c7ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64852,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8949

secondary

#8FA0C0

accent

#81D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8949

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

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