#AC997B#AC997B

#AC997B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.048 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC997B
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(37, 23%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 28.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 2.30, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 18.50, 82.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% 0.009 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.048 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9800, 32.9842, 23.4170)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC997B #7B8EAC

analogous

#AC807B #AC997B #A6AC7B

triadic

#AC997B #7BAC99 #997BAC

tetradic

#AC997B #7BAC80 #7B8EAC #AC7BA6

square

#AC997B #7BAC80 #7B8EAC #AC7BA6

split-complementary

#AC997B #7BA6AC #807BAC

monochromatic

#6A5B43 #907B5A #AC997B #C4B6A1 #DBD3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AC997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AC997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC997B

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC997B	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.048 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b7a1',
    500: '#ac997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac997b;
$custom-light: #c5b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 22.791,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69183,
    "c": 0.04753,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC997B

secondary

#B8BFCB

accent

#8ABF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110F

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC997B

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

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