#AC9838#AC9838

#AC9838 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	#AC9838
RGB	rgb(172, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -3.82, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 51.45, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0149 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.117 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9566, 31.5141, 8.2982)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9838 #384CAC

analogous

#AC5E38 #AC9838 #86AC38

triadic

#AC9838 #38AC98 #9838AC

tetradic

#AC9838 #38AC5E #384CAC #AC3886

square

#AC9838 #38AC5E #384CAC #AC3886

split-complementary

#AC9838 #3886AC #5E38AC

monochromatic

#50461A #7E6F29 #AC9838 #C9B558 #D8CA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AC9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AC9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9838

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9838	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)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b674',
    500: '#ac9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9838;
$custom-light: #c8b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67924,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9838

secondary

#7E8AC2

accent

#66DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9838

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

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