#AC7521#AC7521

#AC7521 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.117 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC7521
RGB	rgb(172, 117, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(36, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 80.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 14.47, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 53.56, 74.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.035 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.117 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6509, 21.6052, 4.3632)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC7521 #2158AC

analogous

#AC2F21 #AC7521 #9DAC21

triadic

#AC7521 #21AC75 #7521AC

tetradic

#AC7521 #21AC2F #2158AC #AC219D

square

#AC7521 #21AC2F #2158AC #AC219D

split-complementary

#AC7521 #219DAC #2F21AC

monochromatic

#452F0D #795217 #AC7521 #D89632 #E2B166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#AC7521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#AC7521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC7521

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC7521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC7521	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac7521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 117, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.117 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9c63',
    500: '#ac7521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac7521;
$custom-light: #ca9c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac7521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60535,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC7521

secondary

#628AC7

accent

#82EB3D

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EB

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140E06

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC7521

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

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