#AC852C#AC852C

#AC852C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.114 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC852C
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 5.96, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 51.50, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.0117 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.114 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8570, 25.7294, 5.9868)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC852C #2C53AC

analogous

#AC452C #AC852C #93AC2C

triadic

#AC852C #2CAC85 #852CAC

tetradic

#AC852C #2CAC45 #2C53AC #AC2C93

square

#AC852C #2CAC45 #2C53AC #AC2C93

split-complementary

#AC852C #2C93AC #452CAC

monochromatic

#4B3A13 #7B5F20 #AC852C #D0A646 #DCBD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AC852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AC852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC852C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC852C	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.114 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86b',
    500: '#ac852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac852c;
$custom-light: #c9a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63824,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC852C

secondary

#708AC4

accent

#75E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC852C

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

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