#AC852B#AC852B

#AC852B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.114 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC852B
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 5.92, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 51.90, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0115 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.114 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8384, 25.7220, 5.8890)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC852B #2B52AC

analogous

#AC442B #AC852B #93AC2B

triadic

#AC852B #2BAC85 #852BAC

tetradic

#AC852B #2BAC44 #2B52AC #AC2B93

square

#AC852B #2BAC44 #2B52AC #AC2B93

split-complementary

#AC852B #2B93AC #442BAC

monochromatic

#4A3913 #7B5F1F #AC852B #D0A644 #DCBD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AC852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#AC852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC852B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC852B	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)

#96851D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.114 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86a',
    500: '#ac852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac852b;
$custom-light: #c9a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63816,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC852B

secondary

#6F89C4

accent

#75E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC852B

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

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