#AC8A41#AC8A41

#AC8A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.100 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A41
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 62.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 4.44, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 43.38, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.01 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.1 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0573, 27.3309, 8.8503)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A41 #4163AC

analogous

#AC5541 #AC8A41 #99AC41

triadic

#AC8A41 #41AC8A #8A41AC

tetradic

#AC8A41 #41AC55 #4163AC #AC4199

square

#AC8A41 #41AC55 #4163AC #AC4199

split-complementary

#AC8A41 #4199AC #5541AC

monochromatic

#53431F #806630 #AC8A41 #C5A765 #D6C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AC8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AC8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A41

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A41	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.100 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab78',
    500: '#ac8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a41;
$custom-light: #c8ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.935,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65063,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A41

secondary

#889AC1

accent

#7CD553

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A41

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

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