#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
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 7.14, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 42.76, 80.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0178 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.099 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3276, 25.9176, 8.4654)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##AC8540	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #AC8540

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

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