#AC742E#AC742E

#AC742E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.110 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC742E
RGB	rgb(172, 116, 46)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, 15.59, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 48.49, 71.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% 0.04 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.11 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7535, 21.4608, 5.4756)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC742E #2E66AC

analogous

#AC352E #AC742E #A5AC2E

triadic

#AC742E #2EAC74 #742EAC

tetradic

#AC742E #2EAC35 #2E66AC #AC2EA5

square

#AC742E #2EAC35 #2E66AC #AC2EA5

split-complementary

#AC742E #2EA5AC #352EAC

monochromatic

#4B3314 #7C5321 #AC742E #CE9349 #DBB079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#AC742E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#AC742E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC742E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC742E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC742E	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)

#877825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac742e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 116, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.110 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99c6b',
    500: '#ac742e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac742e;
$custom-light: #c99c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac742e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60444,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC742E

secondary

#7296C3

accent

#8BE147

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC742E

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

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