#AC742A#AC742A

#AC742A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.112 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC742A
RGB	rgb(172, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(34, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(34, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 15.40, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 50.11, 72.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.0389 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.112 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6783, 21.4307, 5.0795)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC742A #2A62AC

analogous

#AC332A #AC742A #A3AC2A

triadic

#AC742A #2AAC74 #742AAC

tetradic

#AC742A #2AAC33 #2A62AC #AC2AA3

square

#AC742A #2AAC33 #2A62AC #AC2AA3

split-complementary

#AC742A #2AA3AC #332AAC

monochromatic

#4A3212 #7B531E #AC742A #D19342 #DDB073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#AC742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#AC742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC742A

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC742A	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.112 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9c68',
    500: '#ac742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac742a;
$custom-light: #ca9c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.154,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60408,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC742A

secondary

#6D93C4

accent

#89E444

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC742A

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

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