#AC862C#AC862C

#AC862C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.114 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC862C
RGB	rgb(172, 134, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, 5.41, 51.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 51.70, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0101 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.114 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9946, 26.0045, 6.0326)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC862C #2C52AC

analogous

#AC462C #AC862C #92AC2C

triadic

#AC862C #2CAC86 #862CAC

tetradic

#AC862C #2CAC46 #2C52AC #AC2C92

square

#AC862C #2CAC46 #2C52AC #AC2C92

split-complementary

#AC862C #2C92AC #462CAC

monochromatic

#4B3A13 #7B6020 #AC862C #D0A746 #DCBE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AC862C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#AC862C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC862C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC862C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC862C	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)

#97861F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac862c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 134, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.114 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a86b',
    500: '#ac862c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac862c;
$custom-light: #c9a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac862c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6403,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC862C

secondary

#7089C4

accent

#74E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC862C

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

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