#AB8A3D#AB8A3D

#AB8A3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.103 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A3D
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 64.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 3.72, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 45.06, 85.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.0075 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.103 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7268, 27.1734, 8.2512)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A3D #3D5EAB

analogous

#AB533D #AB8A3D #95AB3D

triadic

#AB8A3D #3DAB8A #8A3DAB

tetradic

#AB8A3D #3DAB53 #3D5EAB #AB3D95

square

#AB8A3D #3DAB53 #3D5EAB #AB3D95

split-complementary

#AB8A3D #3D95AB #533DAB

monochromatic

#51411D #7E662D #AB8A3D #C6A75F #D6C08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AB8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AB8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A3D

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A3D	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#998935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.103 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab76',
    500: '#ab8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a3d;
$custom-light: #c7ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 47.414,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64912,
    "c": 0.10325,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A3D

secondary

#8396C1

accent

#79D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A3D

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

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