#AC6E21#AC6E21

#AC6E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.118 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC6E21
RGB	rgb(172, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(33, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 80.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 18.40, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 53.26, 69.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.0466 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.118 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8656, 20.0345, 4.1014)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC6E21 #215FAC

analogous

#AC2821 #AC6E21 #A5AC21

triadic

#AC6E21 #21AC6E #6E21AC

tetradic

#AC6E21 #21AC28 #215FAC #AC21A5

square

#AC6E21 #21AC28 #215FAC #AC21A5

split-complementary

#AC6E21 #21A5AC #2821AC

monochromatic

#452C0D #794D17 #AC6E21 #D88E32 #E2AA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#AC6E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#AC6E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC6E21

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC6E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC6E21	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac6e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.118 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9763',
    500: '#ac6e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac6e21;
$custom-light: #ca9763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac6e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.237,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5919,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC6E21

secondary

#628FC7

accent

#8BEB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC6E21

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

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