#AC8A61#AC8A61

#AC8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.070 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A61
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 43.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 7.35, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 27.82, 74.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0223 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.07 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2604, 27.8122, 15.1867)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A61 #6183AC

analogous

#AC6561 #AC8A61 #A8AC61

triadic

#AC8A61 #61AC8A #8A61AC

tetradic

#AC8A61 #61AC65 #6183AC #AC61A8

square

#AC8A61 #61AC65 #6183AC #AC61A8

split-complementary

#AC8A61 #61A8AC #6561AC

monochromatic

#604B32 #886B48 #AC8A61 #C1A889 #D6C5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AC8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AC8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A61

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A61	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.070 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ac8e',
    500: '#ac8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a61;
$custom-light: #c6ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.8,
    "s": 31.12,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6555,
    "c": 0.0698,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A61

secondary

#A4B3C5

accent

#8FC760

background

#FCFAF8

surface

#F8F4F0

border

#D1CECB

text

#13100C

muted

#827F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A61

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

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