#AC9138#AC9138

#AC9138 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.112 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9138
RGB	rgb(172, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -0.01, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 49.33, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.004 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.112 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8539, 29.3085, 7.9306)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9138 #3853AC

analogous

#AC5738 #AC9138 #8DAC38

triadic

#AC9138 #38AC91 #9138AC

tetradic

#AC9138 #38AC57 #3853AC #AC388D

square

#AC9138 #38AC57 #3853AC #AC388D

split-complementary

#AC9138 #388DAC #5738AC

monochromatic

#50431A #7E6A29 #AC9138 #C9AF58 #D8C587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AC9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#AC9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9138

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9138	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.112 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b073',
    500: '#ac9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9138;
$custom-light: #c8b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66432,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9138

secondary

#7E8EC2

accent

#6EDA4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9138

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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