#AC8A35#AC8A35

#AC8A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.110 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A35
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 3.66, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 48.82, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0062 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.11 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7458, 27.2064, 7.2101)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A35 #3557AC

analogous

#AC4F35 #AC8A35 #93AC35

triadic

#AC8A35 #35AC8A #8A35AC

tetradic

#AC8A35 #35AC4F #3557AC #AC3593

square

#AC8A35 #35AC4F #3557AC #AC3593

split-complementary

#AC8A35 #3593AC #4F35AC

monochromatic

#4E3F18 #7D6427 #AC8A35 #CAA854 #D9C083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AC8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AC8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A35

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A35	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.110 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab71',
    500: '#ac8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a35;
$custom-light: #c8ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64936,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A35

secondary

#7B8FC2

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A35

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

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