#AC852D#AC852D

#AC852D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.113 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC852D
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 6.01, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 51.10, 83.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.012 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.113 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8760, 25.7370, 6.0870)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC852D #2D54AC

analogous

#AC462D #AC852D #93AC2D

triadic

#AC852D #2DAC85 #852DAC

tetradic

#AC852D #2DAC46 #2D54AC #AC2D93

square

#AC852D #2DAC46 #2D54AC #AC2D93

split-complementary

#AC852D #2D93AC #462DAC

monochromatic

#4B3A14 #7B5F20 #AC852D #CFA547 #DCBD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AC852D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AC852D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC852D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC852D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC852D	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)

#968520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac852d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.113 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86c',
    500: '#ac852d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac852d;
$custom-light: #c9a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac852d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63832,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC852D

secondary

#718AC4

accent

#76E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC852D

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

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