#AC542B#AC542B

#AC542B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.128 H 43.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AC542B
RGBrgb(172, 84, 43)
HSLhsl(19, 60%, 42%)
HSVhsv(19, 75%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 51.2%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(46.03, 33.09, 39.64)
CIE-LCHlch(46.03, 51.63, 50.14°)
OKLaboklab(54.71% 0.092 0.0884)
OKLCHoklch(54.71% 0.128 43.9)
XYZxyz(20.6216, 15.2882, 4.1500)
Luminance0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AC542B #2B83AC
analogous
#AC2B42 #AC542B #AC952B
triadic
#AC542B #2BAC54 #542BAC
tetradic
#AC542B #42AC2B #2B83AC #952BAC
square
#AC542B #42AC2B #2B83AC #952BAC
split-complementary
#AC542B #2BAC95 #2B42AC
monochromatic
#4A2413 #7B3C1F #AC542B #D07144 #DC9675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18
#AC542B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06
#AC542B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC542B
5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AC542B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##AC542B1.005.184.065.18
#FFFFFF5.181.0021.001.00
#0000004.0621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.181.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C6126
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#827529
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BD424B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ac542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.128 43.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8666',
    500: '#ac542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ac542b;
$custom-light: #cb8666;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ac542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.07,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54711,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AC542B
secondary
#6FA9C4
accent
#B1E345
background
#FDF8F6
surface
#FAEFEB
border
#D3CAC6
text
#150B06
muted
#837C7A

Preview Lab

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#AC542B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva