#AC8A56#AC8A56

#AC8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.081 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A56
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 50%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 6.20, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 33.19, 79.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.0178 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.081 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7826, 27.6211, 12.6703)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A56 #5678AC

analogous

#AC5F56 #AC8A56 #A3AC56

triadic

#AC8A56 #56AC8A #8A56AC

tetradic

#AC8A56 #56AC5F #5678AC #AC56A3

square

#AC8A56 #56AC5F #5678AC #AC56A3

split-complementary

#AC8A56 #56A3AC #5F56AC

monochromatic

#5B492D #846941 #AC8A56 #C0A67F #D4C3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AC8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AC8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A56

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A56	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.081 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac86',
    500: '#ac8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a56;
$custom-light: #c7ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 34.127,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65357,
    "c": 0.08072,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A56

secondary

#9CABC2

accent

#89CA5E

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4EF

border

#D1CECA

text

#13100B

muted

#827F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A56

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

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