#AC9835#AC9835

#AC9835 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9835
RGB	rgb(172, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -3.99, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 52.71, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0158 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8855, 31.4856, 7.9233)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9835 #3549AC

analogous

#AC5D35 #AC9835 #85AC35

triadic

#AC9835 #35AC98 #9835AC

tetradic

#AC9835 #35AC5D #3549AC #AC3585

square

#AC9835 #35AC5D #3549AC #AC3585

split-complementary

#AC9835 #3585AC #5D35AC

monochromatic

#4E4518 #7D6F27 #AC9835 #CAB654 #D9CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AC9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AC9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9835

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9835	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b672',
    500: '#ac9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9835;
$custom-light: #c8b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67897,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9835

secondary

#7B87C2

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9835

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

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