#AB8A3E#AB8A3E

#AB8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.102 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A3E
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 63.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 3.78, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 44.60, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0078 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.102 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7540, 27.1843, 8.3944)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A3E #3E5FAB

analogous

#AB533E #AB8A3E #95AB3E

triadic

#AB8A3E #3EAB8A #8A3EAB

tetradic

#AB8A3E #3EAB53 #3E5FAB #AB3E95

square

#AB8A3E #3EAB53 #3E5FAB #AB3E95

split-complementary

#AB8A3E #3E95AB #533EAB

monochromatic

#51421D #7E662E #AB8A3E #C6A761 #D6C08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AB8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AB8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A3E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A3E	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.102 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab76',
    500: '#ab8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a3e;
$custom-light: #c7ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.835,
    "s": 46.781,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64923,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A3E

secondary

#8496C1

accent

#7AD651

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A3E

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

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