#AC5533#AC5533

#AC5533 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.124 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5533
RGB	rgb(172, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 70.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, 32.97, 35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 48.60, 47.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.093 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.124 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8612, 15.5092, 5.0263)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5533 #338AAC

analogous

#AC334D #AC5533 #AC9133

triadic

#AC5533 #33AC55 #5533AC

tetradic

#AC5533 #4DAC33 #338AAC #9133AC

square

#AC5533 #4DAC33 #338AAC #9133AC

split-complementary

#AC5533 #33AC91 #334DAC

monochromatic

#4E2617 #7D3E25 #AC5533 #CB7351 #D99980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#AC5533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#AC5533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5533

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5533	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D622F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC444D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.124 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb866c',
    500: '#ac5533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5533;
$custom-light: #cb866c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.86,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54965,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5533

secondary

#78AEC2

accent

#B4DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEB

border

#D3CAC6

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5533

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

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