#AC6231#AC6231

#AC6231 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.115 H 51.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC6231
RGB	rgb(172, 98, 49)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 25.81, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 47.54, 57.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.0709 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.115 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9372, 17.7301, 5.1721)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC6231 #317BAC

analogous

#AC313E #AC6231 #AC9F31

triadic

#AC6231 #31AC62 #6231AC

tetradic

#AC6231 #3EAC31 #317BAC #9F31AC

square

#AC6231 #3EAC31 #317BAC #9F31AC

split-complementary

#AC6231 #31AC9F #313EAC

monochromatic

#4D2C16 #7C4723 #AC6231 #CC804E #DAA27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#AC6231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#AC6231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC6231

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC6231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC6231	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac6231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 98, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.115 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8f6b',
    500: '#ac6231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac6231;
$custom-light: #ca8f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac6231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.902,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57138,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC6231

secondary

#76A4C3

accent

#A3DF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC6231

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

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