#AC8A18#AC8A18

#AC8A18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.126 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A18
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 24)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 86%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 86%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 2.46, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 59.21, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0004 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.126 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2683, 27.0153, 4.6949)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A18 #183AAC

analogous

#AC4018 #AC8A18 #84AC18

triadic

#AC8A18 #18AC8A #8A18AC

tetradic

#AC8A18 #18AC40 #183AAC #AC1884

square

#AC8A18 #18AC40 #183AAC #AC1884

split-complementary

#AC8A18 #1884AC #4018AC

monochromatic

#413409 #765F11 #AC8A18 #E0B421 #E8C657

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#AC8A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#AC8A18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A18

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A18	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.126 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caab62',
    500: '#ac8a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a18;
$custom-light: #caab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64741,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A18

secondary

#5570CB

accent

#61F236

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FAF4EB

border

#D3CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A18

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

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