#AC8A23#AC8A23

#AC8A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.121 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A23
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 2.81, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 55.86, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0016 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.121 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4067, 27.0707, 5.4241)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A23 #2345AC

analogous

#AC4523 #AC8A23 #8AAC23

triadic

#AC8A23 #23AC8A #8A23AC

tetradic

#AC8A23 #23AC45 #2345AC #AC238A

square

#AC8A23 #23AC45 #2345AC #AC238A

split-complementary

#AC8A23 #238AAC #4523AC

monochromatic

#46380E #796119 #AC8A23 #D6AE36 #E0C369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AC8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AC8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A23

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A23	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.121 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab67',
    500: '#ac8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a23;
$custom-light: #c9ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64798,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A23

secondary

#647DC6

accent

#69E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A23

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

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