#AC6A42#AC6A42

#AC6A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.101 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC6A42
RGB	rgb(172, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 22.45, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 40.11, 55.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.0636 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.101 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1523, 19.4743, 7.6928)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC6A42 #4284AC

analogous

#AC424F #AC6A42 #AC9F42

triadic

#AC6A42 #42AC6A #6A42AC

tetradic

#AC6A42 #4FAC42 #4284AC #9F42AC

square

#AC6A42 #4FAC42 #4284AC #9F42AC

split-complementary

#AC6A42 #42AC9F #424FAC

monochromatic

#543320 #804F31 #AC6A42 #C58A67 #D6AC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#AC6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#AC6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC6A42

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC6A42	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.101 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99577',
    500: '#ac6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac6a42;
$custom-light: #c99577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.642,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58799,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC6A42

secondary

#89ACC1

accent

#A4D454

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F1ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140D09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC6A42

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

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