#AC9935#AC9935

#AC9935 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.120 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9935
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -4.53, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 53.03, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0173 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.12 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0484, 31.8116, 7.9776)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9935 #3548AC

analogous

#AC5E35 #AC9935 #84AC35

triadic

#AC9935 #35AC99 #9935AC

tetradic

#AC9935 #35AC5E #3548AC #AC3584

square

#AC9935 #35AC5E #3548AC #AC3584

split-complementary

#AC9935 #3584AC #5E35AC

monochromatic

#4E4618 #7D6F27 #AC9935 #CAB754 #D9CB83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AC9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AC9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9935

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9935	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.120 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b672',
    500: '#ac9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9935;
$custom-light: #c8b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68112,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9935

secondary

#7B86C2

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9935

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

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