#AC8E35#AC8E35

#AC8E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.112 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E35
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 1.46, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 49.81, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0002 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.112 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3303, 28.3753, 7.4049)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E35 #3553AC

analogous

#AC5335 #AC8E35 #8FAC35

triadic

#AC8E35 #35AC8E #8E35AC

tetradic

#AC8E35 #35AC53 #3553AC #AC358F

square

#AC8E35 #35AC53 #3553AC #AC358F

split-complementary

#AC8E35 #358FAC #5335AC

monochromatic

#4E4118 #7D6727 #AC8E35 #CAAC54 #D9C383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AC8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AC8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E35

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E35	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.112 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae71',
    500: '#ac8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e35;
$custom-light: #c8ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65772,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E35

secondary

#7B8DC2

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E35

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

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