#AC9538#AC9538

#AC9538 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.114 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9538
RGB	rgb(172, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -2.19, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 50.51, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0103 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.114 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4759, 30.5525, 8.1379)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9538 #384FAC

analogous

#AC5B38 #AC9538 #89AC38

triadic

#AC9538 #38AC95 #9538AC

tetradic

#AC9538 #38AC5B #384FAC #AC3889

square

#AC9538 #38AC5B #384FAC #AC3889

split-complementary

#AC9538 #3889AC #5B38AC

monochromatic

#50451A #7E6D29 #AC9538 #C9B258 #D8C887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AC9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#AC9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9538

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9538	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)

#A4922C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.114 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b373',
    500: '#ac9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9538;
$custom-light: #c8b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67282,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9538

secondary

#7E8BC2

accent

#69DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9538

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

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