#AC8A40#AC8A40

#AC8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.101 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A40
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 4.37, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 43.85, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0097 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.101 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0285, 27.3194, 8.6991)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A40 #4062AC

analogous

#AC5440 #AC8A40 #98AC40

triadic

#AC8A40 #40AC8A #8A40AC

tetradic

#AC8A40 #40AC54 #4062AC #AC4098

square

#AC8A40 #40AC54 #4062AC #AC4098

split-complementary

#AC8A40 #4098AC #5440AC

monochromatic

#53421F #7F662F #AC8A40 #C5A764 #D6C091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AC8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#AC8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A40

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A40	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)

#998A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.101 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab78',
    500: '#ac8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a40;
$custom-light: #c8ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65051,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A40

secondary

#8799C1

accent

#7CD552

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A40

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

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