#AC8540#AC8540

#AC8540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.099 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AC8540
RGBrgb(172, 133, 64)
HSLhsl(38, 46%, 46%)
HSVhsv(38, 63%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.7%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.96, 7.14, 42.15)
CIE-LCHlch(57.96, 42.76, 80.38°)
OKLaboklab(64.02% 0.0178 0.0975)
OKLCHoklch(64.02% 0.099 79.7)
XYZxyz(26.3276, 25.9176, 8.4654)
Luminance0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AC8540 #4067AC
analogous
#AC4F40 #AC8540 #9DAC40
triadic
#AC8540 #40AC85 #8540AC
tetradic
#AC8540 #40AC4F #4067AC #AC409D
square
#AC8540 #40AC4F #4067AC #AC409D
split-complementary
#AC8540 #409DAC #4F40AC
monochromatic
#53401F #7F632F #AC8540 #C5A264 #D6BD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40
#AC8540 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18
#AC8540 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8540
6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AC8540#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AC85401.003.406.186.18
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1821.001.001.00
##0000006.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#958639
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E8F42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA7A76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ac8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.099 79.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a877',
    500: '#ac8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ac8540;
$custom-light: #c8a877;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ac8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64023,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AC8540
secondary
#879CC1
accent
#82D552
background
#FCFAF7
surface
#F9F4ED
border
#D2CEC8
text
#140F09
muted
#827F7B

Preview Lab

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#AC8540 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva