#AC4524#AC4524

#AC4524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.143 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4524
RGB	rgb(172, 69, 36)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 40.40, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 56.93, 44.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.39% 0.1131 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(52.39% 0.143 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4619, 13.1570, 3.1835)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4524 #248BAC

analogous

#AC2447 #AC4524 #AC8924

triadic

#AC4524 #24AC45 #4524AC

tetradic

#AC4524 #47AC24 #248BAC #8924AC

square

#AC4524 #47AC24 #248BAC #8924AC

split-complementary

#AC4524 #24AC89 #2447AC

monochromatic

#471C0F #793119 #AC4524 #D55E38 #E0876A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AC4524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AC4524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4524

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4524	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 69, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.143 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c61',
    500: '#ac4524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4524;
$custom-light: #cc7c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.559,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52388,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4524

secondary

#66AFC6

accent

#BFE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4524

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

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