#AC6540#AC6540

#AC6540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.105 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC6540
RGB	rgb(172, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 25.09, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 41.38, 52.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.0712 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.105 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5940, 18.4504, 7.2209)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC6540 #4087AC

analogous

#AC4051 #AC6540 #AC9B40

triadic

#AC6540 #40AC65 #6540AC

tetradic

#AC6540 #51AC40 #4087AC #9B40AC

square

#AC6540 #51AC40 #4087AC #9B40AC

split-complementary

#AC6540 #40AC9B #4051AC

monochromatic

#53311F #7F4B2F #AC6540 #C58564 #D6A891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#AC6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#AC6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC6540

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC6540	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.105 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99176',
    500: '#ac6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac6540;
$custom-light: #c99176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.556,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57866,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC6540

secondary

#87ADC1

accent

#A9D552

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D08

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC6540

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

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