#AC642A#AC642A

#AC642A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.117 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC642A
RGB	rgb(172, 100, 42)
HSL	hsl(27, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 24.35, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 50.12, 60.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.0654 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.117 56)
XYZ	xyz(21.9902, 18.0545, 4.5168)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC642A #2A72AC

analogous

#AC2A31 #AC642A #ACA52A

triadic

#AC642A #2AAC64 #642AAC

tetradic

#AC642A #31AC2A #2A72AC #A52AAC

square

#AC642A #31AC2A #2A72AC #A52AAC

split-complementary

#AC642A #2AACA5 #2A31AC

monochromatic

#4A2B12 #7B471E #AC642A #D18242 #DDA373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#AC642A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#AC642A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC642A

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC642A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC642A	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac642a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 100, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.117 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9067',
    500: '#ac642a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac642a;
$custom-light: #ca9067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac642a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.769,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57421,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.18052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC642A

secondary

#6D9EC4

accent

#9DE444

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC642A

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

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