#AC642C#AC642C

#AC642C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.116 H 55.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC642C
RGB	rgb(172, 100, 44)
HSL	hsl(26, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(26, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 24.45, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 49.34, 60.30°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.066 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.116 55.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0269, 18.0692, 4.7101)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC642C #2C74AC

analogous

#AC2C34 #AC642C #ACA42C

triadic

#AC642C #2CAC64 #642CAC

tetradic

#AC642C #34AC2C #2C74AC #A42CAC

square

#AC642C #34AC2C #2C74AC #A42CAC

split-complementary

#AC642C #2CACA4 #2C34AC

monochromatic

#4B2B13 #7B4820 #AC642C #D08246 #DCA376

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#AC642C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#AC642C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC642C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC642C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC642C	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)

#796C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac642c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 100, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.116 55.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9068',
    500: '#ac642c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac642c;
$custom-light: #ca9068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac642c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5744,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 55.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC642C

secondary

#709FC4

accent

#9EE245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC642C

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

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