#AB8A36#AB8A36

#AB8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.109 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A36
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 68.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 3.27, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 48.21, 86.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0053 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.109 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5504, 27.1029, 7.3223)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A36 #3657AB

analogous

#AB5036 #AB8A36 #92AB36

triadic

#AB8A36 #36AB8A #8A36AB

tetradic

#AB8A36 #36AB50 #3657AB #AB3692

square

#AB8A36 #36AB50 #3657AB #AB3692

split-complementary

#AB8A36 #3692AB #5036AB

monochromatic

#4E3F19 #7C6427 #AB8A36 #C9A855 #D8C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AB8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AB8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A36

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A36	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)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.109 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab71',
    500: '#ab8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a36;
$custom-light: #c8ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6484,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A36

secondary

#7B8FC2

accent

#75DB4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A36

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

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