#AC6A23#AC6A23

#AC6A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.118 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC6A23
RGB	rgb(172, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(31, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 20.72, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 52.54, 66.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.0536 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.118 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4725, 19.2023, 4.1127)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC6A23 #2365AC

analogous

#AC2523 #AC6A23 #A9AC23

triadic

#AC6A23 #23AC6A #6A23AC

tetradic

#AC6A23 #23AC25 #2365AC #AC23A9

square

#AC6A23 #23AC25 #2365AC #AC23A9

split-complementary

#AC6A23 #23A9AC #2523AC

monochromatic

#462B0E #794B19 #AC6A23 #D68936 #E0A769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#AC6A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#AC6A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC6A23

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC6A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC6A23	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac6a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.118 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9563',
    500: '#ac6a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac6a23;
$custom-light: #ca9563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac6a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.095,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58455,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC6A23

secondary

#6494C6

accent

#91E93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF1EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC6A23

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

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