#AC8A45#AC8A45

#AC8A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.097 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A45
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 59.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 4.73, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 41.49, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0114 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.097 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1773, 27.3789, 9.4823)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A45 #4567AC

analogous

#AC5645 #AC8A45 #9BAC45

triadic

#AC8A45 #45AC8A #8A45AC

tetradic

#AC8A45 #45AC56 #4567AC #AC459B

square

#AC8A45 #45AC56 #4567AC #AC459B

split-complementary

#AC8A45 #459BAC #5645AC

monochromatic

#554422 #806733 #AC8A45 #C4A66B #D5C096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AC8A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AC8A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A45

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A45	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.097 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac7b',
    500: '#ac8a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a45;
$custom-light: #c8ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.194,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65112,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A45

secondary

#8C9DC1

accent

#7FD355

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A45

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

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