#AC852E#AC852E

#AC852E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.113 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC852E
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 6.06, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 50.69, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0122 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.113 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8955, 25.7448, 6.1896)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC852E #2E55AC

analogous

#AC462E #AC852E #94AC2E

triadic

#AC852E #2EAC85 #852EAC

tetradic

#AC852E #2EAC46 #2E55AC #AC2E94

square

#AC852E #2EAC46 #2E55AC #AC2E94

split-complementary

#AC852E #2E94AC #462EAC

monochromatic

#4B3A14 #7C6021 #AC852E #CEA549 #DBBD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#AC852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AC852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC852E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC852E	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)

#968522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.113 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86c',
    500: '#ac852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac852e;
$custom-light: #c9a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.429,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6384,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC852E

secondary

#728BC3

accent

#77E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC852E

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

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