#AC721C#AC721C

#AC721C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.119 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC721C
RGB	rgb(172, 114, 28)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 83.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 15.98, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 55.08, 73.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.0389 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.119 71)
XYZ	xyz(23.2420, 20.8913, 3.9068)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC721C #1C56AC

analogous

#AC2A1C #AC721C #9EAC1C

triadic

#AC721C #1CAC72 #721CAC

tetradic

#AC721C #1CAC2A #1C56AC #AC1C9E

square

#AC721C #1CAC2A #1C56AC #AC1C9E

split-complementary

#AC721C #1C9EAC #2A1CAC

monochromatic

#432C0B #774F13 #AC721C #DC9429 #E5AE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#AC721C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#AC721C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC721C

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC721C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC721C	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93841F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac721c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 114, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.119 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9a61',
    500: '#ac721c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac721c;
$custom-light: #ca9a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac721c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.833,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59922,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.20889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC721C

secondary

#5B87C9

accent

#82EF39

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E05

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC721C

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

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