#AC8A4E#AC8A4E

#AC8A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.088 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A4E
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 54.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 5.47, 36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 37.13, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0147 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.088 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4781, 27.4993, 11.0668)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A4E #4E70AC

analogous

#AC5B4E #AC8A4E #9FAC4E

triadic

#AC8A4E #4EAC8A #8A4EAC

tetradic

#AC8A4E #4EAC5B #4E70AC #AC4E9F

square

#AC8A4E #4EAC5B #4E70AC #AC4E9F

split-complementary

#AC8A4E #4E9FAC #5B4EAC

monochromatic

#584628 #82683B #AC8A4E #C1A676 #D4C1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AC8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AC8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A4E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A4E	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.088 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac81',
    500: '#ac8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a4e;
$custom-light: #c7ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65234,
    "c": 0.08847,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A4E

secondary

#95A5C1

accent

#84CE5A

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F8F4EE

border

#D1CEC9

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A4E

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