#AC862B#AC862B

#AC862B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.115 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC862B
RGB	rgb(172, 134, 43)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 5.36, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 52.09, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0098 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.115 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9760, 25.9971, 5.9348)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC862B #2B51AC

analogous

#AC462B #AC862B #91AC2B

triadic

#AC862B #2BAC86 #862BAC

tetradic

#AC862B #2BAC46 #2B51AC #AC2B91

square

#AC862B #2BAC46 #2B51AC #AC2B91

split-complementary

#AC862B #2B91AC #462BAC

monochromatic

#4A3A13 #7B601F #AC862B #D0A744 #DCBE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AC862B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AC862B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC862B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC862B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC862B	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)

#97861D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac862b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 134, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.115 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86b',
    500: '#ac862b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac862b;
$custom-light: #c9a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac862b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64022,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC862B

secondary

#6F88C4

accent

#73E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC862B

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

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