#AC5A38#AC5A38

#AC5A38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.117 H 42.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5A38
RGB	rgb(172, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.7%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 30.58, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 45.93, 48.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% 0.0866 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.117 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3851, 16.3709, 5.7743)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5A38 #388AAC

analogous

#AC3850 #AC5A38 #AC9438

triadic

#AC5A38 #38AC5A #5A38AC

tetradic

#AC5A38 #50AC38 #388AAC #9438AC

square

#AC5A38 #50AC38 #388AAC #9438AC

split-complementary

#AC5A38 #38AC94 #3850AC

monochromatic

#502A1A #7E4229 #AC5A38 #C97958 #D89E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#AC5A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#AC5A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5A38

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5A38	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.117 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8a70',
    500: '#ac5a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5a38;
$custom-light: #ca8a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.586,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55851,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5A38

secondary

#7EAEC2

accent

#B1DA4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5A38

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

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