#AC8A42#AC8A42

#AC8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.099 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A42
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 4.51, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 42.91, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0104 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.099 84)
XYZ	xyz(27.0865, 27.3426, 9.0042)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A42 #4264AC

analogous

#AC5542 #AC8A42 #99AC42

triadic

#AC8A42 #42AC8A #8A42AC

tetradic

#AC8A42 #42AC55 #4264AC #AC4299

square

#AC8A42 #42AC55 #4264AC #AC4299

split-complementary

#AC8A42 #4299AC #5542AC

monochromatic

#544320 #806731 #AC8A42 #C5A667 #D6C093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AC8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AC8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A42

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A42	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)

#998A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.099 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab79',
    500: '#ac8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a42;
$custom-light: #c8ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65075,
    "c": 0.09941,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.27341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A42

secondary

#899BC1

accent

#7DD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A42

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

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