#AB8D38#AB8D38

#AB8D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.109 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB8D38
RGB	rgb(171, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 67.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.88, 1.74, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.88, 48.09, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0011 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.109 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0347, 27.9948, 7.7202)
Luminance	0.2799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB8D38 #3856AB

analogous

#AB5438 #AB8D38 #90AB38

triadic

#AB8D38 #38AB8D #8D38AB

tetradic

#AB8D38 #38AB54 #3856AB #AB3890

square

#AB8D38 #38AB54 #3856AB #AB3890

split-complementary

#AB8D38 #3890AB #5438AB

monochromatic

#4F411A #7D6729 #AB8D38 #C8AB58 #D7C286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AB8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AB8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AB8D38

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB8D38	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.109 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae73',
    500: '#ab8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab8d38;
$custom-light: #c7ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65487,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB8D38

secondary

#7D8FC1

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB8D38

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

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