#AB4210Donkey Kong (#AB4210) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 41°, lightness 0.52 and chroma 0.149. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #AB4210 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 66, 16) |
| HSL | hsl(19, 83%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(19, 91%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61%, 91%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(42.1 40.9 48.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.517 0.149 41) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Donkey Kong is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.7), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ac3e09 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#ae410d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#ab4210 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ac4311 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Donkey Kong in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 5.97:1 and against black 3.52:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#faa484 · #d77954 · #ab4210 · #862d00 · #531800 · #250400
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#b57f2e · #b26212 · #ab4210 · #952e2c · #7b1f38 · #61133c
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#d5c385 · #c3a000 · #94844f · #ab4210 · #822d01 · #591a00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#01d1ff · #a18073 · #ab4210 · #6e3924 · #4b1e0b · #250901
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e3f5fc · #937d75 · #ab4210 · #455155 · #2f1a12 · #000305
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f4f9 · #beced3 · #91a3a9 · #162e36 · #000b12 · #ab4210
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d4dbb6 · #d3a884 · #4997f5 · #ab4210 · #3c528a · #0c082d
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cedbb8 · #80b9dd · #74a39a · #ab4210 · #475848 · #150c03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d9fce8 · #2b986b · #ab4210 · #453e9d · #1c0b59 · #000602
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e7f9da · #689140 · #ab4210 · #00586d · #33004a · #00050a
#BD5F3B · #CF7C5C · #E0987C · #F0B49D · #FFD0BF
#913300 · #762700 · #5C1C00 · #421100 · #2B0700
#9F4D2D · #915640 · #835E50
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.