#AC5708

sRGB · 172 / 87 / 8

#AC5708 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 172 red, 87 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 28.9° lands in the orange region. Its 91.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 35.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.10:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 172, 87, 8
HSL: 28.90°, 91.11%, 35.29%
HSV / HSB: 28.90°, 95.35%, 67.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 49.42%, 95.35%, 32.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 20.465, 15.606, 2.164
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 46.453, 30.488, 53.504
WCAG relative luminance: 0.15605
24-bit decimal: 11294472

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #AC5708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.12:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.10:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#085DAC sits half a turn (180°) from #AC5708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#AC5708 #085DAC

Analogous

#AC080B and #ACA908 sit 30° to either side of #AC5708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#AC080B #AC5708 #ACA908

Triadic

#AC5708, #08AC57 and #5708AC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AC5708 #08AC57 #5708AC

Split complementary

Start at #AC5708 and look across the wheel. #08ACA9 and #080BAC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AC5708 #08ACA9 #080BAC

Square

Starting with #AC5708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #0BAC08, #085DAC, then #A908AC. Across the square, #AC5708 pairs with #085DAC, and #0BAC08 with #A908AC.

#AC5708 #0BAC08 #085DAC #A908AC

Tetradic

#AC5708 and #085DAC are opposites, as are #5DAC08 and #5708AC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AC5708 #5DAC08 #085DAC #5708AC

Tints

Mixing #AC5708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD7939, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEDDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#AC5708 #BD7939 #CD9A6B #DEBC9C #EEDDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AC5708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8A4606, keeps 80% of the original. By #221102, the mixture is 80% black.

#AC5708 #8A4606 #673405 #452303 #221102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AC5708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A35F20, keeps 80% of the original. By #897868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AC5708 #A35F20 #9A6738 #927050 #897868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#AC5708

RGB

rgb(172 87 8)

HSL

hsl(28.902 91.111% 35.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AC5708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AC5708 uses 172 red, 87 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.5%

Green 34.1%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AC5708 is 0.0% cyan, 49.4% magenta, 95.3% yellow and 32.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 49.4%

Yellow 95.3%

Black 32.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA5500. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A50 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AC5708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #AA5500 Nearest web-safe · #996600

Gradient to complement

#AC5708 #915823 #75593F #5A5A5A #3F5B75 #235C91 #085DAC

Color vision previews

Compare how #AC5708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#706200

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#857605

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BD434A

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8A6100

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#916C02

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AE542F

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#6E6E6E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#916350

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.41254 G 0.09531 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.63123 G 0.35886 B 0.13413

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.35622 G 0.10584 B 0.01616

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.535 y 0.408 Y 15.606

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 32.549 M % 65.882 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101100 01010111 00001000