#AC856E#AC856E

#AC856E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.058 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC856E
RGB	rgb(172, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(22, 27%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(22, 36%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 36%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 11.69, 18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 21.59, 57.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.036 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.058 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2161, 26.6730, 18.4110)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC856E #6E95AC

analogous

#AC6E76 #AC856E #ACA46E

triadic

#AC856E #6EAC85 #856EAC

tetradic

#AC856E #76AC6E #6E95AC #A46EAC

square

#AC856E #76AC6E #6E95AC #A46EAC

split-complementary

#AC856E #6EACA4 #6E76AC

monochromatic

#654A3A #8C6750 #AC856E #C2A695 #D9C6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#AC856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#AC856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC856E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC856E	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90886C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99906E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.058 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a897',
    500: '#ac856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac856e;
$custom-light: #c6a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.258,
    "s": 27.193,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6481,
    "c": 0.05841,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC856E

secondary

#AEBEC8

accent

#A0C464

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F8F4F2

border

#D1CECC

text

#130F0D

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC856E

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

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