#AB8A40#AB8A40

#AB8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.101 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A40
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 62.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 3.92, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 43.67, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.0084 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.101 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8098, 27.2067, 8.6888)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A40 #4061AB

analogous

#AB5440 #AB8A40 #96AB40

triadic

#AB8A40 #40AB8A #8A40AB

tetradic

#AB8A40 #40AB54 #4061AB #AB4096

square

#AB8A40 #40AB54 #4061AB #AB4096

split-complementary

#AB8A40 #4096AB #5440AB

monochromatic

#52421F #7E662F #AB8A40 #C5A763 #D5C090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AB8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AB8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A40

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A40	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)

#998938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.101 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab78',
    500: '#ab8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a40;
$custom-light: #c7ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.495,
    "s": 45.532,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64946,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A40

secondary

#8698C1

accent

#7BD553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A40

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

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