#AC978E#AC978E

#AC978E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.028 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC978E
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(18, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(18, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 6.26, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 9.84, 50.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0201 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.028 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9622, 32.8577, 30.1917)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC978E #8EA3AC

analogous

#AC8E94 #AC978E #ACA68E

triadic

#AC978E #8EAC97 #978EAC

tetradic

#AC978E #94AC8E #8EA3AC #A68EAC

square

#AC978E #94AC8E #8EA3AC #A68EAC

split-complementary

#AC978E #8EACA6 #8E94AC

monochromatic

#6E5A51 #92776B #AC978E #C6B7B1 #E0D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AC978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AC978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC978E

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC978E	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.028 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b5af',
    500: '#ac978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac978e;
$custom-light: #c5b5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69243,
    "c": 0.02829,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC978E

secondary

#C5CDD0

accent

#829A4C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC978E

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

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