#AB8A55#AB8A55

#AB8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.081 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8A55
RGB	rgb(171, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 50.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 5.68, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 33.46, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0162 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.081 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5239, 27.4923, 12.4494)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8A55 #5576AB

analogous

#AB5F55 #AB8A55 #A1AB55

triadic

#AB8A55 #55AB8A #8A55AB

tetradic

#AB8A55 #55AB5F #5576AB #AB55A1

square

#AB8A55 #55AB5F #5576AB #AB55A1

split-complementary

#AB8A55 #55A1AB #5F55AB

monochromatic

#59482C #826940 #AB8A55 #BFA67E #D3C2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AB8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AB8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8A55

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8A55	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.081 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac86',
    500: '#ab8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8a55;
$custom-light: #c6ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.977,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65236,
    "c": 0.08113,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8A55

secondary

#9BA9C1

accent

#87CA5E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8A55

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

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