#AC9736#AC9736

#AC9736 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9736
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -3.39, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 51.98, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.014 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.117 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7471, 31.1717, 7.9918)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9736 #364BAC

analogous

#AC5C36 #AC9736 #86AC36

triadic

#AC9736 #36AC97 #9736AC

tetradic

#AC9736 #36AC5C #364BAC #AC3686

square

#AC9736 #36AC5C #364BAC #AC3686

split-complementary

#AC9736 #3686AC #5C36AC

monochromatic

#4F4519 #7D6E27 #AC9736 #CAB555 #D8C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AC9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#AC9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9736

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9736	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b572',
    500: '#ac9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9736;
$custom-light: #c8b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67691,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9736

secondary

#7C88C2

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9736

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

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