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#AC4316 Color

#AC4316 is rgb(172, 67, 22) in RGB, hsl(18, 77%, 38%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 61%, 87%, 33%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Metallic Brown (#AC4313), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 1.17. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#AC4316
HEX#AC4316
RGBrgb(172, 67, 22)
HSLhsl(18, 77%, 38%)
HSVhsv(18, 87%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61%, 87%, 33%)
OKLCHoklch(52% 0.148 40.6)
LABlab(43.14% 42.36 47.22)
LCHlch(43.14% 63.44 48.10)

What #AC4316 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #AC4316, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#AC4316 Channel Values

How #AC4316 breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 172 · G 67 · B 228-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 18° · S 77% · L 38%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 18° · S 87% · V 67%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 61% · Y 87% · K 33%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance5.88:1 vs white · 3.57:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #AC4316 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text5.88:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
Fails AABlack text3.57:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #AC4316 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #AC4316

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #AC4316; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Tints & Shades of #AC4316

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

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Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #AC4316.

How #AC4316 Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#AC4316
Protanopia#606013
Protanomaly#855614
Deuteranopia#747400
Deuteranomaly#8E6407
Tritanopia#AD3F3F
Tritanomaly#AD4133
Achromatopsia#646464

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #AC4316 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-ac4316: #AC4316;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #AC4316;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-ac4316': '#AC4316' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.675, green: 0.263, blue: 0.086)
Android XML<color name="color_ac4316">#AC4316</color>
SVG fillfill="#AC4316"

More Brown Colors

#AC4316 sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#AC4316 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #AC4316?

#AC4316 is a dark brown — rgb(172, 67, 22) in RGB and hsl(18, 77%, 38%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Metallic Brown (#AC4313), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 1.17.

What is the RGB value of #AC4316?

#AC4316 is rgb(172, 67, 22) — red 172, green 67, and blue 22 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #AC4316?

#AC4316 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 61%, 87%, 33%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #AC4316 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #AC4316 scores 5.88:1 against white and 3.57:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #AC4316 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #AC4316 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is sienna (#A0522D) at a CIE76 distance of 15.83, which is visibly different.

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