#AC9836#AC9836

#AC9836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9836
RGB	rgb(172, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -3.93, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 52.30, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0155 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9087, 31.4949, 8.0457)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9836 #364AAC

analogous

#AC5D36 #AC9836 #85AC36

triadic

#AC9836 #36AC98 #9836AC

tetradic

#AC9836 #36AC5D #364AAC #AC3685

square

#AC9836 #36AC5D #364AAC #AC3685

split-complementary

#AC9836 #3685AC #5D36AC

monochromatic

#4F4619 #7D6F27 #AC9836 #CAB655 #D8CA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AC9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AC9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9836

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9836	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)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b672',
    500: '#ac9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9836;
$custom-light: #c8b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67906,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9836

secondary

#7C88C2

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9836

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

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