#ac7929

Color #ac7929

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 11.43 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#ac7929

RGB

rgb(172, 121, 41)

HSL

hsl(36.6, 61.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.6, 76.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 76.2%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(54.67, 12.54, 49.35)

LCH

lch(54.67, 50.92, 75.74)

OKLCH

oklch(61.4%, 0.1129, 74.38)

HWB

hwb(36.6, 16.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#295cac

Analogous

#ac3729

#ac7929

#9eac29

Triadic

#ac7929

#29ac79

#7929ac

Split-complementary

#ac7929

#299eac

#3729ac

Tetradic

#ac7929

#5cac29

#295cac

#7929ac

Square

#ac7929

#29ac37

#295cac

#ac299e

Shades

Color #ac7929 mixed toward black.

#8f6522

#73511b

#563d15

#39280e

#1d1407

Tints

Color #ac7929 mixed toward white.

#cf9437

#d9a95f

#e2bf87

#ecd4af

#f5ead7

Tones

Color #ac7929 mixed toward gray.

#a17734

#96743f

#8b724a

#806f55

#766d60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.52:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999847 · ΔE 17.6

Deuteranopia

#9b9f4c · ΔE 19.8

Tritanopia

#aa575a · ΔE 28.7

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 23.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ac7929;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac7929]

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Orange #ffa500

Antique White #faebd7

Frequently asked questions

#ac7929 (#ac7929) is rgb(172, 121, 41) in RGB.

No, #ac7929 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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