#AC8531#AC8531

#AC8531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.111 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8531
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 6.22, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 49.45, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% 0.0131 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.111 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9567, 25.7693, 6.5120)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8531 #3158AC

analogous

#AC4831 #AC8531 #95AC31

triadic

#AC8531 #31AC85 #8531AC

tetradic

#AC8531 #31AC48 #3158AC #AC3195

square

#AC8531 #31AC48 #3158AC #AC3195

split-complementary

#AC8531 #3195AC #4831AC

monochromatic

#4D3B16 #7C6023 #AC8531 #CCA44E #DABD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AC8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#AC8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8531

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8531	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#968526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.111 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86e',
    500: '#ac8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8531;
$custom-light: #c9a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63866,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8531

secondary

#768EC3

accent

#78DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8531

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

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