#AC842B#AC842B

#AC842B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC842B
RGB	rgb(172, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 6.47, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 51.71, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0131 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.114 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7022, 25.4494, 5.8436)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC842B #2B53AC

analogous

#AC432B #AC842B #94AC2B

triadic

#AC842B #2BAC84 #842BAC

tetradic

#AC842B #2BAC43 #2B53AC #AC2B94

square

#AC842B #2BAC43 #2B53AC #AC2B94

split-complementary

#AC842B #2B94AC #432BAC

monochromatic

#4A3913 #7B5E1F #AC842B #D0A544 #DCBC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AC842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#AC842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC842B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC842B	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)

#95841E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a76a',
    500: '#ac842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac842b;
$custom-light: #c9a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.11405,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC842B

secondary

#6F89C4

accent

#76E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC842B

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

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