#AC8231#AC8231

#AC8231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.110 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8231
RGB	rgb(172, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 7.89, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 48.90, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.0179 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.11 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5519, 24.9595, 6.3770)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8231 #315BAC

analogous

#AC4431 #AC8231 #98AC31

triadic

#AC8231 #31AC82 #8231AC

tetradic

#AC8231 #31AC44 #315BAC #AC3198

square

#AC8231 #31AC44 #315BAC #AC3198

split-complementary

#AC8231 #3198AC #4431AC

monochromatic

#4D3A16 #7C5E23 #AC8231 #CCA14E #DABA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AC8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#AC8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8231

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8231	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.110 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a66e',
    500: '#ac8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8231;
$custom-light: #c9a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63253,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8231

secondary

#7690C3

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8231

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

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