#AC5E36#AC5E36

#AC5E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.115 H 46.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5E36
RGB	rgb(172, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 28.29, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 46.06, 52.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.0793 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.115 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6836, 17.0448, 5.6374)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5E36 #3684AC

analogous

#AC3649 #AC5E36 #AC9936

triadic

#AC5E36 #36AC5E #5E36AC

tetradic

#AC5E36 #49AC36 #3684AC #9936AC

square

#AC5E36 #49AC36 #3684AC #9936AC

split-complementary

#AC5E36 #36AC99 #3649AC

monochromatic

#4F2B19 #7D4527 #AC5E36 #CA7D55 #D8A184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#AC5E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#AC5E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5E36

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5E36	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.115 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8c6e',
    500: '#ac5e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5e36;
$custom-light: #ca8c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.339,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56502,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5E36

secondary

#7CAAC2

accent

#ABDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5E36

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

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