#AC8A2E#AC8A2E

#AC8A2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.115 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A2E
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 3.29, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 51.75, 86.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0042 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.115 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5964, 27.1466, 6.4232)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A2E #2E50AC

analogous

#AC4B2E #AC8A2E #8FAC2E

triadic

#AC8A2E #2EAC8A #8A2EAC

tetradic

#AC8A2E #2EAC4B #2E50AC #AC2E8F

square

#AC8A2E #2EAC4B #2E50AC #AC2E8F

split-complementary

#AC8A2E #2E8FAC #4B2EAC

monochromatic

#4B3D14 #7C6321 #AC8A2E #CEAA49 #DBC179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AC8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AC8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A2E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A2E	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.115 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab6d',
    500: '#ac8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a2e;
$custom-light: #c9ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.81,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64875,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A2E

secondary

#7288C3

accent

#70E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A2E

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

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