#AC8A48#AC8A48

#AC8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.094 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A48
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 58.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 4.97, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 40.05, 82.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.0125 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.094 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2727, 27.4171, 9.9852)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A48 #486AAC

analogous

#AC5848 #AC8A48 #9CAC48

triadic

#AC8A48 #48AC8A #8A48AC

tetradic

#AC8A48 #48AC58 #486AAC #AC489C

square

#AC8A48 #48AC58 #486AAC #AC489C

split-complementary

#AC8A48 #489CAC #5848AC

monochromatic

#564524 #816736 #AC8A48 #C3A66F #D5C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AC8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AC8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A48

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A48	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)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1924A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.094 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac7d',
    500: '#ac8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a48;
$custom-light: #c7ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6515,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A48

secondary

#8FA0C1

accent

#80D157

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A48

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

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