#AC8A37#AC8A37

#AC8A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.108 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A37
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 3.78, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 47.94, 85.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0068 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.108 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7928, 27.2251, 7.4575)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A37 #3759AC

analogous

#AC5037 #AC8A37 #94AC37

triadic

#AC8A37 #37AC8A #8A37AC

tetradic

#AC8A37 #37AC50 #3759AC #AC3794

square

#AC8A37 #37AC50 #3759AC #AC3794

split-complementary

#AC8A37 #3794AC #5037AC

monochromatic

#4F4019 #7E6528 #AC8A37 #C9A857 #D8C085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AC8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AC8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A37

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A37	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)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.108 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab72',
    500: '#ac8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a37;
$custom-light: #c8ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.564,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64955,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A37

secondary

#7D91C2

accent

#76DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A37

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

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