#AC522C#AC522C

#AC522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.129 H 42.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC522C
RGB	rgb(172, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.62, 34.19, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.62, 51.62, 48.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.4% 0.0955 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(54.4% 0.129 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4871, 14.9896, 4.1968)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC522C #2C86AC

analogous

#AC2C46 #AC522C #AC922C

triadic

#AC522C #2CAC52 #522CAC

tetradic

#AC522C #46AC2C #2C86AC #922CAC

square

#AC522C #46AC2C #2C86AC #922CAC

split-complementary

#AC522C #2CAC92 #2C46AC

monochromatic

#4B2413 #7B3B20 #AC522C #D06F46 #DC9576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#AC522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#AC522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC522C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC522C	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.129 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8467',
    500: '#ac522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac522c;
$custom-light: #cb8467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.813,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54404,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC522C

secondary

#70ABC4

accent

#B4E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC522C

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

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