#AC8B3E#AC8B3E

#AC8B3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.103 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8B3E
RGB	rgb(172, 139, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 64%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 3.67, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 45.03, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0074 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.103 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1168, 27.5853, 8.4527)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8B3E #3E5FAC

analogous

#AC543E #AC8B3E #96AC3E

triadic

#AC8B3E #3EAC8B #8B3EAC

tetradic

#AC8B3E #3EAC54 #3E5FAC #AC3E96

square

#AC8B3E #3EAC54 #3E5FAC #AC3E96

split-complementary

#AC8B3E #3E96AC #543EAC

monochromatic

#52421E #7F672E #AC8B3E #C6A861 #D6C18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AC8B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#AC8B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8B3E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8B3E	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)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 139, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.103 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac76',
    500: '#ac8b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8b3e;
$custom-light: #c8ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65236,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8B3E

secondary

#8597C1

accent

#79D751

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8B3E

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