#AC8D38#AC8D38

#AC8D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.109 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8D38
RGB	rgb(172, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 2.18, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 48.24, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.0023 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.109 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2534, 28.1076, 7.7304)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8D38 #3857AC

analogous

#AC5338 #AC8D38 #91AC38

triadic

#AC8D38 #38AC8D #8D38AC

tetradic

#AC8D38 #38AC53 #3857AC #AC3891

square

#AC8D38 #38AC53 #3857AC #AC3891

split-complementary

#AC8D38 #3891AC #5338AC

monochromatic

#50411A #7E6729 #AC8D38 #C9AB58 #D8C287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AC8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AC8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8D38

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8D38	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.109 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae73',
    500: '#ac8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8d38;
$custom-light: #c8ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.966,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65591,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8D38

secondary

#7E90C2

accent

#73DA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8D38

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

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