#AB4F41Hot Sauce (#AB4F41) is a mid-tone, soft red with an OKLCH hue of 30°, lightness 0.54 and chroma 0.124. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.
| HEX | #AB4F41 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(171, 79, 65) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 45%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 62%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 54%, 62%, 33%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(45.1 36.6 26.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.541 0.124 30) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hot Sauce is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ac4b3b — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ae4f3f — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#ab4f41 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ab5042 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Hot Sauce 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 5.35:1 and against black 3.93:1, 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.
#fbaea0 · #d88375 · #ab4f41 · #8a362a · #60150c · #340000
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.
#bd8551 · #b66a44 · #ab4f41 · #933e49 · #79304d · #5e254b
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.
#d1a344 · #9f8961 · #ab4f41 · #83392d · #611e16 · #2b1c00
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.
#48d9f1 · #a58782 · #ab4f41 · #714139 · #4e261f · #29100c
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e5f5f8 · #988481 · #ab4f41 · #4d585a · #301e1a · #000102
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.
#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd1 · #8ea2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #ab4f41
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d8f9ff · #2899ab · #ab4f41 · #00616e · #00292f · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d8f9ff · #329d8c · #ab4f41 · #005b89 · #002a24 · #000510
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1f9e5 · #5a9a6a · #ab4f41 · #3c4e9a · #121a54 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef6db · #81924b · #ab4f41 · #00616e · #2c104d · #000305
#BC695B · #CD8376 · #DD9D92 · #EDB7AE · #FDD2CA
#913E32 · #772E24 · #5F1E16 · #470F08 · #310200
#A0584C · #945F56 · #87665F
Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.