#AC9638#AC9638

#AC9638 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9638
RGB	rgb(172, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -2.73, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 50.81, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0118 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6348, 30.8703, 8.1909)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9638 #384EAC

analogous

#AC5C38 #AC9638 #88AC38

triadic

#AC9638 #38AC96 #9638AC

tetradic

#AC9638 #38AC5C #384EAC #AC3888

square

#AC9638 #38AC5C #384EAC #AC3888

split-complementary

#AC9638 #3888AC #5C38AC

monochromatic

#50451A #7E6E29 #AC9638 #C9B358 #D8C887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AC9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AC9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9638

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9638	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)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b473',
    500: '#ac9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9638;
$custom-light: #c8b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67495,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9638

secondary

#7E8BC2

accent

#68DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9638

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

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