#AB8A46#AB8A46

#AB8A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.095 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A46
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 59.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 4.37, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 40.81, 83.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0106 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.095 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9899, 27.2787, 9.6369)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A46 #4667AB

analogous

#AB5746 #AB8A46 #9AAB46

triadic

#AB8A46 #46AB8A #8A46AB

tetradic

#AB8A46 #46AB57 #4667AB #AB469A

square

#AB8A46 #46AB57 #4667AB #AB469A

split-complementary

#AB8A46 #469AAB #5746AB

monochromatic

#544422 #806734 #AB8A46 #C3A66C #D4C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AB8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A46

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A46	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.095 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac7b',
    500: '#ab8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a46;
$custom-light: #c7ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.396,
    "s": 41.909,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65019,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A46

secondary

#8C9DC0

accent

#7ED256

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A46

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

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