#AC862A#AC862A

#AC862A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.115 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC862A
RGB	rgb(172, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 5.32, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 52.48, 84.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0096 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.115 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9579, 25.9898, 5.8394)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC862A #2A50AC

analogous

#AC452A #AC862A #91AC2A

triadic

#AC862A #2AAC86 #862AAC

tetradic

#AC862A #2AAC45 #2A50AC #AC2A91

square

#AC862A #2AAC45 #2A50AC #AC2A91

split-complementary

#AC862A #2A91AC #452AAC

monochromatic

#4A3912 #7B601E #AC862A #D1A742 #DDBE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AC862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AC862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC862A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC862A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.115 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86a',
    500: '#ac862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac862a;
$custom-light: #c9a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64015,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC862A

secondary

#6D87C4

accent

#73E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC862A

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

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