#AC8A43#AC8A43

#AC8A43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.099 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A43
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 61%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 4.58, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 42.44, 83.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.0107 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.099 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1162, 27.3545, 9.1608)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A43 #4365AC

analogous

#AC5543 #AC8A43 #9AAC43

triadic

#AC8A43 #43AC8A #8A43AC

tetradic

#AC8A43 #43AC55 #4365AC #AC439A

square

#AC8A43 #43AC55 #4365AC #AC439A

split-complementary

#AC8A43 #439AAC #5543AC

monochromatic

#544321 #806732 #AC8A43 #C4A668 #D5C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#AC8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AC8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A43

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A43	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)

#998A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.099 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab79',
    500: '#ac8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a43;
$custom-light: #c8ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65087,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A43

secondary

#8A9CC1

accent

#7DD454

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A43

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

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