#ac7a29

Color #ac7a29

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 11.76 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ac7a29

RGB

rgb(172, 122, 41)

HSL

hsl(37.1, 61.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.1, 76.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 76.2%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(54.92, 11.98, 49.6)

LCH

lch(54.92, 51.03, 76.42)

OKLCH

oklch(61.6%, 0.1129, 75.23)

HWB

hwb(37.1, 16.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#295bac

Analogous

#ac3929

#ac7a29

#9dac29

Triadic

#ac7a29

#29ac7a

#7a29ac

Split-complementary

#ac7a29

#299dac

#3929ac

Tetradic

#ac7a29

#5bac29

#295bac

#7a29ac

Square

#ac7a29

#29ac39

#295bac

#ac299d

Shades

Color #ac7a29 mixed toward black.

#8f6622

#73511b

#563d15

#39290e

#1d1407

Tints

Color #ac7a29 mixed toward white.

#cf9537

#d9aa5f

#e2c087

#ecd5af

#f5ead7

Tones

Color #ac7a29 mixed toward gray.

#a17834

#96753f

#8b724a

#807055

#766d60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.57:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#999848 · ΔE 17.2

Deuteranopia

#9c9f4d · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#aa585b · ΔE 29

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac7a29;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac7a29]

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Frequently asked questions

#ac7a29 (#ac7a29) is rgb(172, 122, 41) in RGB.

No, #ac7a29 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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