#AC8A38#AC8A38

#AC8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.108 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A38
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 3.84, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 47.50, 85.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0071 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.108 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8170, 27.2348, 7.5850)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A38 #385AAC

analogous

#AC5038 #AC8A38 #94AC38

triadic

#AC8A38 #38AC8A #8A38AC

tetradic

#AC8A38 #38AC50 #385AAC #AC3894

square

#AC8A38 #38AC50 #385AAC #AC3894

split-complementary

#AC8A38 #3894AC #5038AC

monochromatic

#50401A #7E6529 #AC8A38 #C9A858 #D8C087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AC8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AC8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A38

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A38	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.108 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab72',
    500: '#ac8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a38;
$custom-light: #c8ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64965,
    "c": 0.10758,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A38

secondary

#7E92C2

accent

#77DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A38

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

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