#AC9040#AC9040

#AC9040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.104 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9040
RGB	rgb(172, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 1.06, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 45.43, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0001 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.104 90)
XYZ	xyz(27.9133, 29.0889, 8.9940)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9040 #405CAC

analogous

#AC5A40 #AC9040 #92AC40

triadic

#AC9040 #40AC90 #9040AC

tetradic

#AC9040 #40AC5A #405CAC #AC4092

square

#AC9040 #40AC5A #405CAC #AC4092

split-complementary

#AC9040 #4092AC #5A40AC

monochromatic

#53451F #7F6B2F #AC9040 #C5AC64 #D6C491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#AC9040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#AC9040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9040

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9040	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.104 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b078',
    500: '#ac9040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9040;
$custom-light: #c8b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66304,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.29087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9040

secondary

#8796C1

accent

#74D552

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131009

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9040

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

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