#AC9636#AC9636

#AC9636 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9636
RGB	rgb(172, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, -2.85, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 51.67, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0124 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.117 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5868, 30.8511, 7.9384)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9636 #364CAC

analogous

#AC5B36 #AC9636 #87AC36

triadic

#AC9636 #36AC96 #9636AC

tetradic

#AC9636 #36AC5B #364CAC #AC3687

square

#AC9636 #36AC5B #364CAC #AC3687

split-complementary

#AC9636 #3687AC #5B36AC

monochromatic

#4F4519 #7D6D27 #AC9636 #CAB455 #D8C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AC9636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AC9636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9636

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9636	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b472',
    500: '#ac9636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9636;
$custom-light: #c8b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67477,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9636

secondary

#7C89C2

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9636

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

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