#AC8538#AC8538

#AC8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8538
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 6.62, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 46.41, 81.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0152 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.105 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1161, 25.8330, 7.3514)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8538 #385FAC

analogous

#AC4B38 #AC8538 #99AC38

triadic

#AC8538 #38AC85 #8538AC

tetradic

#AC8538 #38AC4B #385FAC #AC3899

square

#AC8538 #38AC4B #385FAC #AC3899

split-complementary

#AC8538 #3899AC #4B38AC

monochromatic

#503E1A #7E6129 #AC8538 #C9A358 #D8BD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#AC8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#AC8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8538

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8538	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a872',
    500: '#ac8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8538;
$custom-light: #c8a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63933,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8538

secondary

#7E95C2

accent

#7DDA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#140F08

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8538

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

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