#AB8A35#AB8A35

#AB8A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.110 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A35
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 69%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 3.22, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 48.65, 86.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.005 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.11 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5271, 27.0936, 7.1999)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A35 #3556AB

analogous

#AB4F35 #AB8A35 #91AB35

triadic

#AB8A35 #35AB8A #8A35AB

tetradic

#AB8A35 #35AB4F #3556AB #AB3591

square

#AB8A35 #35AB4F #3556AB #AB3591

split-complementary

#AB8A35 #3591AB #4F35AB

monochromatic

#4E3F18 #7C6427 #AB8A35 #CAA953 #D8C082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AB8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AB8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A35

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A35	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.110 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab71',
    500: '#ab8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a35;
$custom-light: #c8ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.22,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6483,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A35

secondary

#7A8EC2

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A35

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

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