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#AC8D3E

#ac8d3e ≈ Dark Goldenrod

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#ac8d3e is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 67.45% red, 55.29% green and 24.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 18.02% magenta, 63.95% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 43.09°, with 47.01% saturation and 45.88% 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 6.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Goldenrod (#b8860b), ΔE 6.38.

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Relative luminance0.2817

Complementary

  1. #ac8d3e
  2. #3e5dac

Split complementary

  1. #ac8d3e
  2. #3e94ac
  3. #563eac

Analogous

  1. #ac563e
  2. #ac8d3e
  3. #94ac3e

Triadic

  1. #ac8d3e
  2. #3eac8d
  3. #8d3eac

Tetradic

  1. #ac8d3e
  2. #5dac3e
  3. #3e5dac
  4. #8d3eac

Square

  1. #ac8d3e
  2. #3eac56
  3. #3e5dac
  4. #ac3e94

Monochromatic

  1. #3c3115
  2. #745f2a
  3. #ac8d3e
  4. #cab06c
  5. #decea5

Shades

#ac8d3e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ac8d3e
  2. #9b7f38
  3. #8a7132
  4. #78632b
  5. #675525
  6. #56471f
  7. #453819
  8. #342a13
  9. #221c0c
  10. #110e06
  11. #000000

Tints

#ac8d3e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ac8d3e
  2. #b49851
  3. #bda465
  4. #c5af78
  5. #cdbb8b
  6. #d6c69f
  7. #ded1b2
  8. #e6ddc5
  9. #eee8d8
  10. #f7f4ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ac8d3e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ac8d3e
  2. #a88c45
  3. #a38a4b
  4. #9f8952
  5. #9a8858
  6. #96875f
  7. #928566
  8. #8d846c
  9. #898373
  10. #848179
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9c8f78 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9c8c36 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a49441 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ba827c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a38c39 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a79140 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b48668 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ac8d3e {
  color: #ac8d3e;
}
Background
.bg-ac8d3e {
  background-color: #ac8d3e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ac8d3e {
  border: 2px solid #ac8d3e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ac8d3e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 172 141 62;
  --color-primary-hsl: 43 47% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ac8d3e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ac8d3e, #94ac3e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ac8d3e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(172 141 62 / 0.35);
}

#b8860b Dark Goldenrod ΔE 6.38 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 9.12 #c19a6b Camel ΔE 9.54 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 11.31 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 11.58 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 11.61 #e3a857 Indian Yellow ΔE 12.65 #5372c1 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Dark Goldenrod
#ac8d3e  rgb(172, 141, 62)  hsl(43, 47%, 46%)  Dark Goldenrod
#3e5dac  rgb(62, 93, 172)  hsl(223, 47%, 46%)  Denim
#3eac8d  rgb(62, 172, 141)  hsl(163, 47%, 46%)  Jungle Green
#8d3eac  rgb(141, 62, 172)  hsl(283, 47%, 46%)  Purpureus