#AC9231#AC9231

#AC9231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.117 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9231
RGB	rgb(172, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -0.95, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 52.56, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.0076 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.117 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8480, 29.5517, 7.1424)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9231 #314BAC

analogous

#AC5431 #AC9231 #88AC31

triadic

#AC9231 #31AC92 #9231AC

tetradic

#AC9231 #31AC54 #314BAC #AC3188

square

#AC9231 #31AC54 #314BAC #AC3188

split-complementary

#AC9231 #3188AC #5431AC

monochromatic

#4D4116 #7C6A23 #AC9231 #CCB24E #DAC67D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AC9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#AC9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9231

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9231	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.117 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b16f',
    500: '#ac9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9231;
$custom-light: #c8b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66582,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9231

secondary

#7686C3

accent

#69DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9231

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

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