#AC993B#AC993B

#AC993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC993B
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 65.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -4.17, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 50.48, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0156 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1952, 31.8703, 8.7506)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC993B #3B4EAC

analogous

#AC613B #AC993B #86AC3B

triadic

#AC993B #3BAC99 #993BAC

tetradic

#AC993B #3BAC61 #3B4EAC #AC3B86

square

#AC993B #3BAC61 #3B4EAC #AC3B86

split-complementary

#AC993B #3B86AC #613BAC

monochromatic

#51481C #7E702B #AC993B #C7B55D #D7CA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AC993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AC993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC993B

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC993B	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b675',
    500: '#ac993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac993b;
$custom-light: #c8b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68166,
    "c": 0.11517,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC993B

secondary

#818CC1

accent

#66D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC993B

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

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