#AC8B24#AC8B24

#AC8B24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.121 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8B24
RGB	rgb(172, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 2.30, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 55.73, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0003 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.121 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5659, 27.3650, 5.5515)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8B24 #2445AC

analogous

#AC4724 #AC8B24 #89AC24

triadic

#AC8B24 #24AC8B #8B24AC

tetradic

#AC8B24 #24AC47 #2445AC #AC2489

square

#AC8B24 #24AC47 #2445AC #AC2489

split-complementary

#AC8B24 #2489AC #4724AC

monochromatic

#47390F #796219 #AC8B24 #D5AF38 #E0C36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AC8B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AC8B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8B24

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8B24	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.121 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac68',
    500: '#ac8b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8b24;
$custom-light: #c9ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65013,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8B24

secondary

#667DC6

accent

#68E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8B24

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

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