#AC842C#AC842C

#AC842C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.113 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC842C
RGB	rgb(172, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 6.52, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 51.31, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.0133 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.113 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7208, 25.4569, 5.9414)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC842C #2C54AC

analogous

#AC442C #AC842C #94AC2C

triadic

#AC842C #2CAC84 #842CAC

tetradic

#AC842C #2CAC44 #2C54AC #AC2C94

square

#AC842C #2CAC44 #2C54AC #AC2C94

split-complementary

#AC842C #2C94AC #442CAC

monochromatic

#4B3913 #7B5F20 #AC842C #D0A446 #DCBC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AC842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#AC842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC842C

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC842C	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)

#95841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.113 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a76b',
    500: '#ac842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac842c;
$custom-light: #c9a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63619,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC842C

secondary

#708AC4

accent

#76E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC842C

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

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