#AC8B2A#AC8B2A

#AC8B2A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.118 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8B2A
RGB	rgb(172, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 2.55, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 53.55, 87.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0016 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.118 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6654, 27.4048, 6.0752)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8B2A #2A4BAC

analogous

#AC4A2A #AC8B2A #8CAC2A

triadic

#AC8B2A #2AAC8B #8B2AAC

tetradic

#AC8B2A #2AAC4A #2A4BAC #AC2A8C

square

#AC8B2A #2AAC4A #2A4BAC #AC2A8C

split-complementary

#AC8B2A #2A8CAC #4A2AAC

monochromatic

#4A3B12 #7B631E #AC8B2A #D1AD42 #DDC273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AC8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AC8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8B2A

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8B2A	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.118 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac6b',
    500: '#ac8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8b2a;
$custom-light: #c9ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65053,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8B2A

secondary

#6D84C4

accent

#6DE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8B2A

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

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