Information about #AC9B5C color

#AC9B5C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#AC9B5C falls into the Yellow Color Family — Mild Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(172, 155, 92) — 67.5% red, 60.8% green, 36.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 31 / 33. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #AC9B5C reads as a softly balanced yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bullet Shell (#AF9B60). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Gingko (#A59C55) and Dark Beige (#AC9362).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(172, 155, 92)), which gives #AC9B5C its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #AC9B5C: 7.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #AC9B5C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#AC9B5C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#AC9B5C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #AC9B5C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Bullet Shell color link
Bullet Shell

#AF9B60

Gingko color link
Gingko

#A59C55

Dark Beige color link
Dark Beige

#AC9362

Barley Corn color link
Barley Corn

#B6935C

Dark Sand color link
Dark Sand

#A88F59

Papier Mache color link
Papier Mache

#B7945D

Castlepoint color link
Castlepoint

#AD9569

Fleetwood color link
Fleetwood

#B99E56

Goldie color link
Goldie

#B39B69

Police Khaki color link
Police Khaki

#A38F58

Travis color link
Travis

#B79E67

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#AC9B5C
  • RGB172, 155, 92
  • CMYK0, 7, 31, 33
  • CSSrgb(172, 155, 92)
  • HSL47°, 33%, 52%
  • HSL Precise47.25°, 32.52%, 51.765%
  • HSV47°, 47%, 67%
  • HSB47°, 47%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.608
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • GLSLvec3(0.675, 0.608, 0.361)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.675, 0.608, 0.361, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.675, 0.608, 0.361)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB60.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDAC9B5C
  • DECIMAL ID11311964
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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