#AC5E32#AC5E32

#AC5E32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.117 H 48.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5E32
RGB	rgb(172, 94, 50)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 28.06, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 47.58, 53.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.0779 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.117 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5935, 17.0087, 5.1628)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5E32 #3280AC

analogous

#AC3243 #AC5E32 #AC9B32

triadic

#AC5E32 #32AC5E #5E32AC

tetradic

#AC5E32 #43AC32 #3280AC #9B32AC

square

#AC5E32 #43AC32 #3280AC #9B32AC

split-complementary

#AC5E32 #32AC9B #3243AC

monochromatic

#4D2A16 #7D4424 #AC5E32 #CC7C4F #DAA07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#AC5E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#AC5E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5E32

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5E32	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74682D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 94, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.117 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8c6c',
    500: '#ac5e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5e32;
$custom-light: #ca8c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.639,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56452,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5E32

secondary

#77A7C3

accent

#A9DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5E32

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

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