#AB8A31#AB8A31

#AB8A31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A31
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 71.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 2.99, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 50.35, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.0038 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.112 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4389, 27.0583, 6.7354)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A31 #3152AB

analogous

#AB4D31 #AB8A31 #8FAB31

triadic

#AB8A31 #31AB8A #8A31AB

tetradic

#AB8A31 #31AB4D #3152AB #AB318F

square

#AB8A31 #31AB4D #3152AB #AB318F

split-complementary

#AB8A31 #318FAB #4D31AB

monochromatic

#4C3D16 #7B6423 #AB8A31 #CCAA4D #DAC17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AB8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AB8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A31

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A31	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)

#9A8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab6e',
    500: '#ab8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a31;
$custom-light: #c8ab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.77,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64794,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A31

secondary

#758AC2

accent

#72DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A31

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

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