#ac9522

Color #ac9522

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 13.96 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 14.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ac9522

RGB

rgb(172, 149, 34)

HSL

hsl(50, 67%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50, 80.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 80.2%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(61.98, -3.24, 58.77)

LCH

lch(61.98, 58.86, 93.16)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.1284, 97.03)

HWB

hwb(50, 13.3%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2239ac

Analogous

#ac5022

#ac9522

#7eac22

Triadic

#ac9522

#22ac95

#9522ac

Split-complementary

#ac9522

#227eac

#5022ac

Tetradic

#ac9522

#39ac22

#2239ac

#9522ac

Square

#ac9522

#22ac50

#2239ac

#ac227e

Shades

Color #ac9522 mixed toward black.

#8f7c1c

#736317

#564b11

#39320b

#1d1906

Tints

Color #ac9522 mixed toward white.

#d5b92b

#dec756

#e6d580

#eee3aa

#f7f1d5

Tones

Color #ac9522 mixed toward gray.

#a18d2e

#958639

#8a7e45

#7e7650

#736f5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a252 · ΔE 8.7

Deuteranopia

#a4a65a · ΔE 10.2

Tritanopia

#ab686c · ΔE 38.1

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ac9522;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ac9522]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#ac9522 (#ac9522) is rgb(172, 149, 34) in RGB.

No, #ac9522 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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