#AC8528#AC8528

#AC8528 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.116 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8528
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 5.78, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 53.05, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0107 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.116 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7854, 25.7007, 5.6097)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8528 #284FAC

analogous

#AC4328 #AC8528 #91AC28

triadic

#AC8528 #28AC85 #8528AC

tetradic

#AC8528 #28AC43 #284FAC #AC2891

square

#AC8528 #28AC43 #284FAC #AC2891

split-complementary

#AC8528 #2891AC #4328AC

monochromatic

#493811 #7A5F1C #AC8528 #D2A73F #DEBE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AC8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AC8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8528

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8528	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.116 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a869',
    500: '#ac8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8528;
$custom-light: #c9a869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63794,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8528

secondary

#6B86C5

accent

#73E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8528

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

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