#AC8342#AC8342

#AC8342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.097 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8342
RGB	rgb(172, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 8.41, 40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 41.44, 78.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0218 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.097 77)
XYZ	xyz(26.1144, 25.3984, 8.6801)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8342 #426BAC

analogous

#AC4E42 #AC8342 #A0AC42

triadic

#AC8342 #42AC83 #8342AC

tetradic

#AC8342 #42AC4E #426BAC #AC42A0

square

#AC8342 #42AC4E #426BAC #AC42A0

split-complementary

#AC8342 #42A0AC #4E42AC

monochromatic

#544020 #806131 #AC8342 #C5A067 #D6BC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AC8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#AC8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8342

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8342	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93843C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.097 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a678',
    500: '#ac8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8342;
$custom-light: #c8a678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.792,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6364,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.25397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8342

secondary

#899FC1

accent

#85D454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F09

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8342

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

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