#AC8A39#AC8A39

#AC8A39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.107 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A39
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 66.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 3.90, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 47.06, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% 0.0074 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.107 86)
XYZ	xyz(26.8417, 27.2447, 7.7151)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A39 #395BAC

analogous

#AC5139 #AC8A39 #94AC39

triadic

#AC8A39 #39AC8A #8A39AC

tetradic

#AC8A39 #39AC51 #395BAC #AC3994

square

#AC8A39 #39AC51 #395BAC #AC3994

split-complementary

#AC8A39 #3994AC #5139AC

monochromatic

#50401B #7E652A #AC8A39 #C8A85A #D8C088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AC8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#AC8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A39

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A39	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)

#9A8930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.107 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab73',
    500: '#ac8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a39;
$custom-light: #c8ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64975,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.27243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A39

secondary

#7F93C2

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A39

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

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