#AC7940#AC7940

#AC7940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.097 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC7940
RGB	rgb(172, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 13.87, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 41.04, 70.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.0376 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.097 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7776, 22.8175, 7.9487)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC7940 #4073AC

analogous

#AC4340 #AC7940 #A9AC40

triadic

#AC7940 #40AC79 #7940AC

tetradic

#AC7940 #40AC43 #4073AC #AC40A9

square

#AC7940 #40AC43 #4073AC #AC40A9

split-complementary

#AC7940 #40A9AC #4340AC

monochromatic

#533A1F #7F5A2F #AC7940 #C59764 #D6B591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#AC7940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#AC7940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC7940

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC7940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC7940	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB6D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac7940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.097 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c89f77',
    500: '#ac7940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac7940;
$custom-light: #c89f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac7940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61619,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC7940

secondary

#87A2C1

accent

#90D552

background

#FCF9F7

surface

#F9F2ED

border

#D2CCC8

text

#140E09

muted

#827E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC7940

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

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