#AC6E23#AC6E23

#AC6E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.117 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC6E23
RGB	rgb(172, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(33, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 18.47, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 52.54, 69.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% 0.047 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.117 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8944, 20.0461, 4.2533)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC6E23 #2361AC

analogous

#AC2A23 #AC6E23 #A5AC23

triadic

#AC6E23 #23AC6E #6E23AC

tetradic

#AC6E23 #23AC2A #2361AC #AC23A5

square

#AC6E23 #23AC2A #2361AC #AC23A5

split-complementary

#AC6E23 #23A5AC #2A23AC

monochromatic

#462D0E #794D19 #AC6E23 #D68E36 #E0AA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#AC6E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#AC6E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC6E23

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC6E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC6E23	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)

#827317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac6e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.117 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9764',
    500: '#ac6e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac6e23;
$custom-light: #ca9764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac6e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.847,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59204,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC6E23

secondary

#6491C6

accent

#8CE93F

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC6E23

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

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