#AC842A#AC842A

#AC842A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC842A
RGB	rgb(172, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 6.43, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 52.10, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0128 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.115 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6841, 25.4422, 5.7481)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC842A #2A52AC

analogous

#AC432A #AC842A #93AC2A

triadic

#AC842A #2AAC84 #842AAC

tetradic

#AC842A #2AAC43 #2A52AC #AC2A93

square

#AC842A #2AAC43 #2A52AC #AC2A93

split-complementary

#AC842A #2A93AC #432AAC

monochromatic

#4A3912 #7B5E1E #AC842A #D1A542 #DDBC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AC842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#AC842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC842A

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC842A	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)

#95841C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a76a',
    500: '#ac842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac842a;
$custom-light: #c9a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63603,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC842A

secondary

#6D88C4

accent

#75E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC842A

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

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