#AC4527#AC4527

#AC4527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.142 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC4527
RGB	rgb(172, 69, 39)
HSL	hsl(14, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 40.52, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 55.94, 43.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% 0.114 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.142 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5096, 13.1761, 3.4350)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC4527 #278EAC

analogous

#AC274C #AC4527 #AC8827

triadic

#AC4527 #27AC45 #4527AC

tetradic

#AC4527 #4CAC27 #278EAC #8827AC

square

#AC4527 #4CAC27 #278EAC #8827AC

split-complementary

#AC4527 #27AC88 #274CAC

monochromatic

#481D10 #7A311C #AC4527 #D35F3D #DE886F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#AC4527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#AC4527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC4527

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC4527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC4527	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)

#625723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD2D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac4527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 69, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.142 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7c63',
    500: '#ac4527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac4527;
$custom-light: #cc7c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac4527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.534,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52419,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC4527

secondary

#6AB0C5

accent

#C1E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC4527

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

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