#AC8236#AC8236

#AC8236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.106 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8236
RGB	rgb(172, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 8.17, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 46.74, 79.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.0194 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.106 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6633, 25.0041, 6.9639)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8236 #3660AC

analogous

#AC4736 #AC8236 #9BAC36

triadic

#AC8236 #36AC82 #8236AC

tetradic

#AC8236 #36AC47 #3660AC #AC369B

square

#AC8236 #36AC47 #3660AC #AC369B

split-complementary

#AC8236 #369BAC #4736AC

monochromatic

#4F3C19 #7D5F27 #AC8236 #CAA055 #D8BA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AC8236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AC8236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8236

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8236	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93832D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.106 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a671',
    500: '#ac8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8236;
$custom-light: #c8a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.644,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63301,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8236

secondary

#7C95C2

accent

#7FDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8236

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

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