#AC9837#AC9837

#AC9837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.117 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9837
RGB	rgb(172, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -3.88, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 51.87, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0152 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9324, 31.5044, 8.1707)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9837 #374BAC

analogous

#AC5E37 #AC9837 #85AC37

triadic

#AC9837 #37AC98 #9837AC

tetradic

#AC9837 #37AC5E #374BAC #AC3785

square

#AC9837 #37AC5E #374BAC #AC3785

split-complementary

#AC9837 #3785AC #5E37AC

monochromatic

#4F4619 #7E6F28 #AC9837 #C9B657 #D8CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AC9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AC9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9837

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9837	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)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b673',
    500: '#ac9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9837;
$custom-light: #c8b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.744,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67915,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9837

secondary

#7D89C2

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9837

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

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