#AC8A29#AC8A29

#AC8A29 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A29
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 3.06, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 53.70, 86.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.003 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.118 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5036, 27.1094, 5.9341)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A29 #294BAC

analogous

#AC4829 #AC8A29 #8DAC29

triadic

#AC8A29 #29AC8A #8A29AC

tetradic

#AC8A29 #29AC48 #294BAC #AC298D

square

#AC8A29 #29AC48 #294BAC #AC298D

split-complementary

#AC8A29 #298DAC #4829AC

monochromatic

#493B11 #7B621D #AC8A29 #D2AC41 #DDC272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AC8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AC8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A29

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A29	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)

#9B8919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6a',
    500: '#ac8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a29;
$custom-light: #c9ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64837,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A29

secondary

#6C83C5

accent

#6DE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A29

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

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