#AC8B28#AC8B28

#AC8B28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8B28
RGB	rgb(172, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 2.46, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 54.30, 87.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.0012 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.119 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6305, 27.3908, 5.8914)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8B28 #2849AC

analogous

#AC4928 #AC8B28 #8BAC28

triadic

#AC8B28 #28AC8B #8B28AC

tetradic

#AC8B28 #28AC49 #2849AC #AC288B

square

#AC8B28 #28AC49 #2849AC #AC288B

split-complementary

#AC8B28 #288BAC #4928AC

monochromatic

#493B11 #7A631C #AC8B28 #D2AD3F #DEC371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AC8B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#AC8B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8B28

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8B28	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ac6a',
    500: '#ac8b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8b28;
$custom-light: #c9ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65039,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8B28

secondary

#6B81C5

accent

#6BE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8B28

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

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