#AB8A42#AB8A42

#AB8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.099 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A42
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 61.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 4.07, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 42.72, 84.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.0091 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.099 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8678, 27.2299, 8.9939)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A42 #4263AB

analogous

#AB5642 #AB8A42 #98AB42

triadic

#AB8A42 #42AB8A #8A42AB

tetradic

#AB8A42 #42AB56 #4263AB #AB4298

square

#AB8A42 #42AB56 #4263AB #AB4298

split-complementary

#AB8A42 #4298AB #5642AB

monochromatic

#534320 #7F6631 #AB8A42 #C4A766 #D5C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AB8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AB8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A42

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A42	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.099 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab79',
    500: '#ab8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a42;
$custom-light: #c7ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64969,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A42

secondary

#889AC0

accent

#7CD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A42

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

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