#AB8A48#AB8A48

#AB8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.094 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A48
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 57.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 4.53, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 39.85, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0113 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.094 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0540, 27.3044, 9.9749)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A48 #4869AB

analogous

#AB5848 #AB8A48 #9BAB48

triadic

#AB8A48 #48AB8A #8A48AB

tetradic

#AB8A48 #48AB58 #4869AB #AB489B

square

#AB8A48 #48AB58 #4869AB #AB489B

split-complementary

#AB8A48 #489BAB #5848AB

monochromatic

#554424 #806736 #AB8A48 #C2A66E #D4C199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AB8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A48

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A48	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)

#988A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.094 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac7d',
    500: '#ab8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a48;
$custom-light: #c7ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65045,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A48

secondary

#8E9FC0

accent

#80D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A48

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

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