#AC8429#AC8429

#AC8429 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8429
RGB	rgb(172, 132, 41)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 6.38, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 52.49, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0126 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.115 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6664, 25.4351, 5.6550)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8429 #2951AC

analogous

#AC4229 #AC8429 #93AC29

triadic

#AC8429 #29AC84 #8429AC

tetradic

#AC8429 #29AC42 #2951AC #AC2993

square

#AC8429 #29AC42 #2951AC #AC2993

split-complementary

#AC8429 #2993AC #4229AC

monochromatic

#493811 #7B5E1D #AC8429 #D2A541 #DDBD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AC8429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#AC8429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8429

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8429	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 132, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a769',
    500: '#ac8429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8429;
$custom-light: #c9a769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63596,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8429

secondary

#6C87C5

accent

#74E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8429

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

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