#AC8B37#AC8B37

#AC8B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.109 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8B37
RGB	rgb(172, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 3.23, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 48.18, 86.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0052 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.109 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9369, 27.5134, 7.5055)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8B37 #3758AC

analogous

#AC5137 #AC8B37 #93AC37

triadic

#AC8B37 #37AC8B #8B37AC

tetradic

#AC8B37 #37AC51 #3758AC #AC3793

square

#AC8B37 #37AC51 #3758AC #AC3793

split-complementary

#AC8B37 #3793AC #5137AC

monochromatic

#4F4019 #7E6628 #AC8B37 #C9A957 #D8C185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AC8B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AC8B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8B37

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8B37	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)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA7F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.109 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac72',
    500: '#ac8b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8b37;
$custom-light: #c8ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65163,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8B37

secondary

#7D90C2

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8B37

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

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