#AB8A49#AB8A49

#AB8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.093 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A49
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 57.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 4.61, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 39.36, 83.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.0116 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.093 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0869, 27.3175, 10.1481)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A49 #496AAB

analogous

#AB5949 #AB8A49 #9BAB49

triadic

#AB8A49 #49AB8A #8A49AB

tetradic

#AB8A49 #49AB59 #496AAB #AB499B

square

#AB8A49 #49AB59 #496AAB #AB499B

split-complementary

#AB8A49 #499BAB #5949AB

monochromatic

#554524 #806737 #AB8A49 #C2A66F #D4C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AB8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A49

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A49	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)

#988A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.093 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac7d',
    500: '#ab8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a49;
$custom-light: #c7ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.796,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65059,
    "c": 0.09269,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A49

secondary

#8FA0C0

accent

#80D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A49

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

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