#AC8238#AC8238

#AC8238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.104 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8238
RGB	rgb(172, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 8.29, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 45.85, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.02 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.105 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7112, 25.0233, 7.2164)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8238 #3862AC

analogous

#AC4838 #AC8238 #9CAC38

triadic

#AC8238 #38AC82 #8238AC

tetradic

#AC8238 #38AC48 #3862AC #AC389C

square

#AC8238 #38AC48 #3862AC #AC389C

split-complementary

#AC8238 #389CAC #4838AC

monochromatic

#503C1A #7E5F29 #AC8238 #C9A058 #D8BA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#AC8238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#AC8238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8238

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8238	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)

#938330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.104 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a672',
    500: '#ac8238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8238;
$custom-light: #c8a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63322,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8238

secondary

#7E97C2

accent

#80DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8238

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

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