#AC842E#AC842E

#AC842E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.112 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC842E
RGB	rgb(172, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 6.62, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 50.50, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0138 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.112 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7593, 25.4723, 6.1442)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC842E #2E56AC

analogous

#AC452E #AC842E #95AC2E

triadic

#AC842E #2EAC84 #842EAC

tetradic

#AC842E #2EAC45 #2E56AC #AC2E95

square

#AC842E #2EAC45 #2E56AC #AC2E95

split-complementary

#AC842E #2E95AC #452EAC

monochromatic

#4B3A14 #7C5F21 #AC842E #CEA449 #DBBC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#AC842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#AC842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC842E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC842E	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)

#958422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.112 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a76c',
    500: '#ac842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac842e;
$custom-light: #c9a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.952,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63635,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC842E

secondary

#728CC3

accent

#78E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC842E

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

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