#AC9533#AC9533

#AC9533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9533
RGB	rgb(172, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 70.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -2.48, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 52.62, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0117 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.118 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3596, 30.5061, 7.5258)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9533 #334AAC

analogous

#AC5833 #AC9533 #86AC33

triadic

#AC9533 #33AC95 #9533AC

tetradic

#AC9533 #33AC58 #334AAC #AC3386

square

#AC9533 #33AC58 #334AAC #AC3386

split-complementary

#AC9533 #3386AC #5833AC

monochromatic

#4E4317 #7D6C25 #AC9533 #CBB451 #D9C880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AC9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#AC9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9533

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9533	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)

#A49225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b370',
    500: '#ac9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9533;
$custom-light: #c8b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67238,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9533

secondary

#7886C2

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9533

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

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