#AC9537#AC9537

#AC9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.115 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9537
RGB	rgb(172, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -2.25, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 50.94, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0106 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.115 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4517, 30.5429, 8.0104)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9537 #374EAC

analogous

#AC5B37 #AC9537 #89AC37

triadic

#AC9537 #37AC95 #9537AC

tetradic

#AC9537 #37AC5B #374EAC #AC3789

square

#AC9537 #37AC5B #374EAC #AC3789

split-complementary

#AC9537 #3789AC #5B37AC

monochromatic

#4F4519 #7E6D28 #AC9537 #C9B357 #D8C885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AC9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#AC9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9537

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9537	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.115 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b373',
    500: '#ac9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9537;
$custom-light: #c8b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.205,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67273,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9537

secondary

#7D8AC2

accent

#69DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9537

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

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