#AC5A37#AC5A37

#AC5A37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.118 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5A37
RGB	rgb(172, 90, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 30.52, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 46.29, 48.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0863 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.118 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3609, 16.3612, 5.6468)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5A37 #3789AC

analogous

#AC374E #AC5A37 #AC9537

triadic

#AC5A37 #37AC5A #5A37AC

tetradic

#AC5A37 #4EAC37 #3789AC #9537AC

square

#AC5A37 #4EAC37 #3789AC #9537AC

split-complementary

#AC5A37 #37AC95 #374EAC

monochromatic

#4F2919 #7E4228 #AC5A37 #C97957 #D89E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#AC5A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AC5A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5A37

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5A37	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 90, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.118 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a6f',
    500: '#ac5a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5a37;
$custom-light: #ca8a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.949,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55838,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5A37

secondary

#7DADC2

accent

#B0DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5A37

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

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