#AC8A28#AC8A28

#AC8A28 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A28
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 3.01, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 54.07, 86.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.0027 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.118 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4863, 27.1026, 5.8433)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A28 #284AAC

analogous

#AC4828 #AC8A28 #8CAC28

triadic

#AC8A28 #28AC8A #8A28AC

tetradic

#AC8A28 #28AC48 #284AAC #AC288C

square

#AC8A28 #28AC48 #284AAC #AC288C

split-complementary

#AC8A28 #288CAC #4828AC

monochromatic

#493A11 #7A621C #AC8A28 #D2AC3F #DEC271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AC8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AC8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A28

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A28	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab69',
    500: '#ac8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a28;
$custom-light: #c9ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6483,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A28

secondary

#6B82C5

accent

#6CE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A28

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

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