#AB8B2E#AB8B2E

#AB8B2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.115 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8B2E
RGB	rgb(171, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 73.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 2.29, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 51.82, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0014 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.115 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5219, 27.3221, 6.4610)
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

#AB8B2E #2E4EAB

analogous

#AB4C2E #AB8B2E #8DAB2E

triadic

#AB8B2E #2EAB8B #8B2EAB

tetradic

#AB8B2E #2EAB4C #2E4EAB #AB2E8D

square

#AB8B2E #2EAB4C #2E4EAB #AB2E8D

split-complementary

#AB8B2E #2E8DAB #4C2EAB

monochromatic

#4B3D14 #7B6421 #AB8B2E #CEAC48 #DBC279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AB8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AB8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8B2E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8B2E	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)

#9B8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.115 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac6d',
    500: '#ab8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8b2e;
$custom-light: #c8ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 57.604,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64978,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8B2E

secondary

#7287C3

accent

#6EE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8B2E

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

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