Leather Color
Leather is a brown color with hex code #AC7434. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with leather, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Leather Color Values
What Does Leather Mean?
Leather belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Leather sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Leather is classified as a orange (nearest centroid: brownish orange, #AE6938). It is also known as Deer Leather.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Leather
Leather and #346CAD are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #AD3834 and #A9AD34, which sit beside leather on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair leather with triadic partners #34AD74 and #7434AD. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Clay Brown —
#B2713D(Delta E 6) - Tan Brown —
#AB7E4C(Delta E 11) - Peru —
#CD853F(Delta E 11) - Reno Sand —
#A86515(Delta E 11) - Dark Tan —
#AF884A(Delta E 11)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #AC7434; }
.background { background-color: #AC7434; }
.border { border: 2px solid #AC7434; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #AC743440; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for leather?
Leather has the hex code #AC7434. In RGB notation it is rgb(172, 116, 52), in HSL it is hsl(32, 54%, 44%), and its OKLCH value is 0.605, 0.106, 66.8.
What does the color leather mean?
Brown-family colors like leather carry distinct psychological associations. Leather belongs to the brown family of colors. Brown is earth, wood, and coffee, and it behaves accordingly: grounded, unbothered, dependable. Craft brands, leather goods, and rustic interiors all borrow that steadiness. When brown looks cheap, that's a styling choice rather than the color's fault. Leather sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with leather?
Leather has three easy routes: its complement #346CAD for punch, its neighbors #AD3834 and #A9AD34 for something calmer, or triadic partners #34AD74 and #7434AD when you want energy.
Is leather a standard web color?
No — Leather is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #AC7434 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make leather lighter or darker?
To lighten leather, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F4E9DC (lightest tint) to #1B1208 (darkest shade).
About Leather
Leather is classified as a Orange in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Brown hue family. It has alternative names including Deer Leather. The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #AC7434 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.