#AB8A3B#AB8A3B

#AB8A3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.105 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A3B
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 65.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 3.58, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 45.98, 85.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0068 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.105 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6739, 27.1523, 7.9728)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A3B #3B5CAB

analogous

#AB523B #AB8A3B #94AB3B

triadic

#AB8A3B #3BAB8A #8A3BAB

tetradic

#AB8A3B #3BAB52 #3B5CAB #AB3B94

square

#AB8A3B #3BAB52 #3B5CAB #AB3B94

split-complementary

#AB8A3B #3B94AB #523BAB

monochromatic

#50411C #7D652B #AB8A3B #C7A75C #D7C08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AB8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AB8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A3B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A3B	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.105 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab74',
    500: '#ab8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a3b;
$custom-light: #c7ab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.321,
    "s": 48.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6489,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A3B

secondary

#8194C1

accent

#78D850

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A3B

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

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