#AC8A3E#AC8A3E

#AC8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.103 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A3E
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 64%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 4.23, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 44.78, 84.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.009 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.103 85)
XYZ	xyz(26.9727, 27.2971, 8.4047)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A3E #3E60AC

analogous

#AC533E #AC8A3E #97AC3E

triadic

#AC8A3E #3EAC8A #8A3EAC

tetradic

#AC8A3E #3EAC53 #3E60AC #AC3E97

square

#AC8A3E #3EAC53 #3E60AC #AC3E97

split-complementary

#AC8A3E #3E97AC #533EAC

monochromatic

#52421E #7F662E #AC8A3E #C6A761 #D6C08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AC8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AC8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A3E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A3E	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.103 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab76',
    500: '#ac8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a3e;
$custom-light: #c8ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.455,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65028,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.27295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A3E

secondary

#8597C1

accent

#7AD751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A3E

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

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