#AC642B#AC642B

#AC642B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.117 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC642B
RGB	rgb(172, 100, 43)
HSL	hsl(27, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(27, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 24.40, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 49.73, 60.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.0657 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.117 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0083, 18.0618, 4.6123)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC642B #2B73AC

analogous

#AC2B32 #AC642B #ACA52B

triadic

#AC642B #2BAC64 #642BAC

tetradic

#AC642B #32AC2B #2B73AC #A52BAC

square

#AC642B #32AC2B #2B73AC #A52BAC

split-complementary

#AC642B #2BACA5 #2B32AC

monochromatic

#4A2B13 #7B481F #AC642B #D08244 #DCA375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#AC642B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#AC642B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC642B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC642B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC642B	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)

#796C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac642b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 100, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.117 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9068',
    500: '#ac642b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac642b;
$custom-light: #ca9068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac642b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.512,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5743,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC642B

secondary

#6F9EC4

accent

#9DE345

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC642B

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

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