#AC9531#AC9531

#AC9531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.119 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9531
RGB	rgb(172, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, -2.58, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 53.43, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0122 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.119 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3165, 30.4888, 7.2986)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9531 #3148AC

analogous

#AC5731 #AC9531 #85AC31

triadic

#AC9531 #31AC95 #9531AC

tetradic

#AC9531 #31AC57 #3148AC #AC3185

square

#AC9531 #31AC57 #3148AC #AC3185

split-complementary

#AC9531 #3185AC #5731AC

monochromatic

#4D4216 #7C6C23 #AC9531 #CCB54E #DAC97D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AC9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#AC9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9531

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9531	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.119 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b36f',
    500: '#ac9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9531;
$custom-light: #c8b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67221,
    "c": 0.11949,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9531

secondary

#7684C3

accent

#65DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9531

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

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