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#AC8A24

#ac8a24 ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ac8a24 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 54.12% green and 14.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 19.77% magenta, 79.07% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 45°, with 65.38% saturation and 40.78% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 4.62.

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Relative luminance0.2707

Complementary

  1. #ac8a24
  2. #2446ac

Split complementary

  1. #ac8a24
  2. #248aac
  3. #4624ac

Analogous

  1. #ac4624
  2. #ac8a24
  3. #8aac24

Triadic

  1. #ac8a24
  2. #24ac8a
  3. #8a24ac

Tetradic

  1. #ac8a24
  2. #46ac24
  3. #2446ac
  4. #8a24ac

Square

  1. #ac8a24
  2. #24ac46
  3. #2446ac
  4. #ac248a

Monochromatic

  1. #2d240a
  2. #6d5717
  3. #ac8a24
  4. #d8b345
  5. #e5cd84

Shades

#ac8a24 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac8a24
  2. #9b7c20
  3. #8a6e1d
  4. #786119
  5. #675316
  6. #564512
  7. #45370e
  8. #34290b
  9. #221c07
  10. #110e04
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac8a24 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac8a24
  2. #b4963a
  3. #bda150
  4. #c5ad66
  5. #cdb97c
  6. #d6c592
  7. #ded0a7
  8. #e6dcbd
  9. #eee8d3
  10. #f7f3e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac8a24 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac8a24
  2. #a8892d
  3. #a38836
  4. #9f8740
  5. #9a8649
  6. #968552
  7. #92845b
  8. #8d8364
  9. #89826e
  10. #848177
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9b8c72 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9b890f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a3922a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #bb7d77 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a28919 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a78f28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b58360 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac8a24 {
  color: #ac8a24;
}
Background
.bg-ac8a24 {
  background-color: #ac8a24;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac8a24 {
  border: 2px solid #ac8a24;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac8a24;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 138 36;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 65% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac8a24 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac8a24, #8aac24);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac8a24 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 138 36 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 4.62 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.69 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 10.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 11.46 #808000 Olive ΔE 12.09 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 12.16 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 12.61 #5375db Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ac8a24  rgb(172, 138, 36)  hsl(45, 65%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod
#2446ac  rgb(36, 70, 172)  hsl(225, 65%, 41%)  Cobalt Blue
#24ac8a  rgb(36, 172, 138)  hsl(165, 65%, 41%)  Jungle Green
#8a24ac  rgb(138, 36, 172)  hsl(285, 65%, 41%)  Dark Violet