#AC7607

sRGB: 172 / 118 / 7

#AC7607 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 172 red, 118 green and 7 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 40.4° lands in the orange region. Its 92.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 35.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.35:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 172, 118, 7
HSL: 40.36°, 92.18%, 35.10%
HSV / HSB: 40.36°, 95.93%, 67.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 31.40%, 95.93%, 32.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 23.529, 21.744, 3.159
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 53.754, 13.287, 58.816
WCAG relative luminance: 0.21743
24-bit decimal: 11302407

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 #AC7607 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: 5.35:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.93:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

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.

Reference: 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

#073DAC sits half a turn (180°) from #AC7607 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.

#AC7607 #073DAC

Analogous

#AC2407 and #90AC07 sit 30° to either side of #AC7607. 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.

#AC2407 #AC7607 #90AC07

Triadic

#AC7607, #07AC76 and #7607AC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#AC7607 #07AC76 #7607AC

Split complementary

Start at #AC7607 and look across the wheel. #0790AC and #2407AC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#AC7607 #0790AC #2407AC

Square

Starting with #AC7607, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #07AC24, #073DAC, then #AC0790. Across the square, #AC7607 pairs with #073DAC, and #07AC24 with #AC0790.

#AC7607 #07AC24 #073DAC #AC0790

Tetradic

#AC7607 and #073DAC are opposites, as are #3DAC07 and #7607AC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#AC7607 #3DAC07 #073DAC #7607AC

Tints

Mixing #AC7607 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD9139, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEE4CD, the mixture is 80% white.

#AC7607 #BD9139 #CDAD6A #DEC89C #EEE4CD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #AC7607 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8A5E06, keeps 80% of the original. By #221801, the mixture is 80% black.

#AC7607 #8A5E06 #674704 #452F03 #221801 #000000

Tones

Mixing #AC7607 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3781F, keeps 80% of the original. By #897E68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#AC7607 #A3781F #9A7A37 #927C50 #897E68 #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

#AC7607

RGB

rgb(172 118 7)

HSL

hsl(40.364 92.179% 35.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #AC7607;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#AC7607 uses 172 red, 118 green and 7 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.5%

Green 46.3%

Blue 2.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #AC7607 is 0.0% cyan, 31.4% magenta, 95.9% yellow and 32.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 31.4%

Yellow 95.9%

Black 32.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA7700. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A70 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #AC7607 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA7700 Nearest web-safe: #996600

Gradient to complement

#AC7607 #916D23 #75633E #5A5A5A #3E5075 #234791 #073DAC

Color vision previews

Compare how #AC7607 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.

#8A7900

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.

#96860F

Tritanopia

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

#BC6764

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.

#987900

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.

#9D8009

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#AE733F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#808080

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.

#987B5D

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.18116 B 0.00212

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 0.64331 G 0.47178 B 0.16048

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.37146 G 0.18884 B 0.02210

CIE xyY

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

x 0.486 y 0.449 Y 21.744

CMY

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

C % 32.549 M % 53.725 Y % 97.255

Binary RGB

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

10101100 01110110 00000111