#AC8438#AC8438

#AC8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8438
RGB	rgb(172, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 7.17, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 46.22, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0168 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.105 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9799, 25.5605, 7.3059)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8438 #3860AC

analogous

#AC4A38 #AC8438 #9AAC38

triadic

#AC8438 #38AC84 #8438AC

tetradic

#AC8438 #38AC4A #3860AC #AC389A

square

#AC8438 #38AC4A #3860AC #AC389A

split-complementary

#AC8438 #389AAC #4A38AC

monochromatic

#503D1A #7E6129 #AC8438 #C9A258 #D8BC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#AC8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#AC8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8438

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8438	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a772',
    500: '#ac8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8438;
$custom-light: #c8a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63729,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8438

secondary

#7E95C2

accent

#7EDA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8438

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

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