#AB997B#AB997B

#AB997B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.047 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AB997B
RGB	rgb(171, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(38, 22%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 28.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 1.90, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 18.32, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% 0.0078 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.047 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7613, 32.8714, 23.4068)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AB997B #7B8DAB

analogous

#AB817B #AB997B #A5AB7B

triadic

#AB997B #7BAB99 #997BAB

tetradic

#AB997B #7BAB81 #7B8DAB #AB7BA5

square

#AB997B #7BAB81 #7B8DAB #AB7BA5

split-complementary

#AB997B #7BA5AB #817BAB

monochromatic

#695B43 #8E7B5B #AB997B #C3B6A0 #DBD3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AB997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AB997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AB997B

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AB997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AB997B	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ab997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(171, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.047 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b7a1',
    500: '#ab997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ab997b;
$custom-light: #c4b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ab997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 171,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6909,
    "c": 0.04699,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AB997B

secondary

#B7BECB

accent

#89BF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110F

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AB997B

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

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