#AC542D#AC542D

#AC542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.127 H 43.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC542D
RGB	rgb(172, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 33.18, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 50.92, 49.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.0926 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.127 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6592, 15.3033, 4.3480)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC542D #2D85AC

analogous

#AC2D46 #AC542D #AC932D

triadic

#AC542D #2DAC54 #542DAC

tetradic

#AC542D #46AC2D #2D85AC #932DAC

square

#AC542D #46AC2D #2D85AC #932DAC

split-complementary

#AC542D #2DAC93 #2D46AC

monochromatic

#4B2514 #7B3C20 #AC542D #CF7147 #DC9678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#AC542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#AC542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC542D

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC542D	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD424B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.127 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8668',
    500: '#ac542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac542d;
$custom-light: #cb8668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.425,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54733,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC542D

secondary

#71AAC4

accent

#B2E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC542D

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

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