#AC8A50#AC8A50

#AC8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.087 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A50
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 53.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 5.64, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 36.15, 81.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0155 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.087 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5509, 27.5284, 11.4502)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A50 #5072AC

analogous

#AC5C50 #AC8A50 #A0AC50

triadic

#AC8A50 #50AC8A #8A50AC

tetradic

#AC8A50 #50AC5C #5072AC #AC50A0

square

#AC8A50 #50AC5C #5072AC #AC50A0

split-complementary

#AC8A50 #50A0AC #5C50AC

monochromatic

#584729 #82683D #AC8A50 #C1A679 #D4C2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AC8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#AC8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A50

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A50	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.087 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac82',
    500: '#ac8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a50;
$custom-light: #c7ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65263,
    "c": 0.08657,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A50

secondary

#97A6C1

accent

#85CD5B

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100A

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A50

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

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