#ACA496#ACA496

#ACA496 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.022 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA496
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 12.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 0.43, 8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 8.31, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0031 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.022 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7933, 37.5241, 34.2055)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA496 #969EAC

analogous

#AC9996 #ACA496 #A9AC96

triadic

#ACA496 #96ACA4 #A496AC

tetradic

#ACA496 #96AC99 #969EAC #AC96A9

square

#ACA496 #96AC99 #969EAC #AC96A9

split-complementary

#ACA496 #96A9AC #9996AC

monochromatic

#6F6758 #918674 #ACA496 #C7C2B8 #E2DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACA496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#ACA496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA496

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA496	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.022 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4beb4',
    500: '#aca496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca496;
$custom-light: #c4beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72147,
    "c": 0.02188,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA496

secondary

#CBCED3

accent

#699650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA496

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

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