#AC9237#AC9237

#AC9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.113 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9237
RGB	rgb(172, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -0.62, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 50.05, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0059 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.113 93)
XYZ	xyz(27.9831, 29.6058, 7.8542)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9237 #3751AC

analogous

#AC5837 #AC9237 #8CAC37

triadic

#AC9237 #37AC92 #9237AC

tetradic

#AC9237 #37AC58 #3751AC #AC378C

square

#AC9237 #37AC58 #3751AC #AC378C

split-complementary

#AC9237 #378CAC #5837AC

monochromatic

#4F4319 #7E6B28 #AC9237 #C9B057 #D8C685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#AC9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#AC9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9237

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9237	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#A1902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.113 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b173',
    500: '#ac9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9237;
$custom-light: #c8b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66635,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.29604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9237

secondary

#7D8CC2

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9237

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

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