#AC8038#AC8038

#AC8038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8038
RGB	rgb(172, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 9.41, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 45.52, 78.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0233 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.104 77)
XYZ	xyz(25.4478, 24.4964, 7.1286)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8038 #3864AC

analogous

#AC4638 #AC8038 #9EAC38

triadic

#AC8038 #38AC80 #8038AC

tetradic

#AC8038 #38AC46 #3864AC #AC389E

square

#AC8038 #38AC46 #3864AC #AC389E

split-complementary

#AC8038 #389EAC #4638AC

monochromatic

#503B1A #7E5E29 #AC8038 #C99E58 #D8B987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#AC8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#AC8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8038

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8038	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a472',
    500: '#ac8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8038;
$custom-light: #c8a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.24495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8038

secondary

#7E98C2

accent

#83DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8038

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

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