#AC8B25#AC8B25

#AC8B25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.121 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8B25
RGB	rgb(172, 139, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 78.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 2.34, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 55.38, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.0005 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.121 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5814, 27.3712, 5.6330)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8B25 #2546AC

analogous

#AC4725 #AC8B25 #89AC25

triadic

#AC8B25 #25AC8B #8B25AC

tetradic

#AC8B25 #25AC47 #2546AC #AC2589

square

#AC8B25 #25AC47 #2546AC #AC2589

split-complementary

#AC8B25 #2589AC #4725AC

monochromatic

#473A0F #7A621A #AC8B25 #D5AF3A #DFC36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AC8B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#AC8B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8B25

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8B25	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)

#9C8911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 139, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.121 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac68',
    500: '#ac8b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8b25;
$custom-light: #c9ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65019,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8B25

secondary

#677EC6

accent

#69E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8B25

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

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