#AC9236#AC9236

#AC9236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9236
RGB	rgb(172, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -0.68, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 50.48, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0062 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.114 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9594, 29.5963, 7.7293)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9236 #3650AC

analogous

#AC5736 #AC9236 #8BAC36

triadic

#AC9236 #36AC92 #9236AC

tetradic

#AC9236 #36AC57 #3650AC #AC368B

square

#AC9236 #36AC57 #3650AC #AC368B

split-complementary

#AC9236 #368BAC #5736AC

monochromatic

#4F4319 #7D6A27 #AC9236 #CAB055 #D8C684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AC9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#AC9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9236

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9236	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b172',
    500: '#ac9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9236;
$custom-light: #c8b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66625,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9236

secondary

#7C8BC2

accent

#6CDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9236

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

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