#AC8A24#AC8A24

#AC8A24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.121 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8A24
RGB	rgb(172, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 2.85, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 55.51, 87.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0018 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.121 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4218, 27.0767, 5.5034)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8A24 #2446AC

analogous

#AC4624 #AC8A24 #8AAC24

triadic

#AC8A24 #24AC8A #8A24AC

tetradic

#AC8A24 #24AC46 #2446AC #AC248A

square

#AC8A24 #24AC46 #2446AC #AC248A

split-complementary

#AC8A24 #248AAC #4624AC

monochromatic

#47390F #796119 #AC8A24 #D5AE38 #E0C36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AC8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#AC8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8A24

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8A24	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)

#9B890F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.121 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ab67',
    500: '#ac8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8a24;
$custom-light: #c9ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64804,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8A24

secondary

#667EC6

accent

#6AE83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8A24

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

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