#AC701B#AC701B

#AC701B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.120 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC701B
RGB	rgb(172, 112, 27)
HSL	hsl(35, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 84.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 17.08, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 55.33, 72.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% 0.042 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.12 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0071, 20.4403, 3.7704)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC701B #1B57AC

analogous

#AC271B #AC701B #A0AC1B

triadic

#AC701B #1BAC70 #701BAC

tetradic

#AC701B #1BAC27 #1B57AC #AC1BA0

square

#AC701B #1BAC27 #1B57AC #AC1BA0

split-complementary

#AC701B #1BA0AC #271BAC

monochromatic

#422B0A #774E13 #AC701B #DD9227 #E5AD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#AC701B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#AC701B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC701B

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC701B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC701B	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92821E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac701b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 112, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.120 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9960',
    500: '#ac701b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac701b;
$custom-light: #ca9960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac701b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59533,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC701B

secondary

#5A88C9

accent

#84F038

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FAF2EA

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC701B

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

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