#AC8A49#AC8A49

#AC8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.093 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A49
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 5.05, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 39.56, 82.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0129 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.093 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3056, 27.4303, 10.1584)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A49 #496BAC

analogous

#AC5849 #AC8A49 #9CAC49

triadic

#AC8A49 #49AC8A #8A49AC

tetradic

#AC8A49 #49AC58 #496BAC #AC499C

square

#AC8A49 #49AC58 #496BAC #AC499C

split-complementary

#AC8A49 #499CAC #5849AC

monochromatic

#564525 #816837 #AC8A49 #C2A670 #D5C19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AC8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AC8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A49

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A49	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.093 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac7d',
    500: '#ac8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a49;
$custom-light: #c7ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.394,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65164,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A49

secondary

#90A1C1

accent

#81D058

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4EE

border

#D2CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A49

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

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