#AC8C24#AC8C24

#AC8C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.122 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8C24
RGB	rgb(172, 140, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 1.75, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 55.96, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0013 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.122 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7114, 27.6559, 5.5999)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8C24 #2444AC

analogous

#AC4824 #AC8C24 #88AC24

triadic

#AC8C24 #24AC8C #8C24AC

tetradic

#AC8C24 #24AC48 #2444AC #AC2488

square

#AC8C24 #24AC48 #2444AC #AC2488

split-complementary

#AC8C24 #2488AC #4824AC

monochromatic

#473A0F #796319 #AC8C24 #D5B038 #E0C46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#AC8C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AC8C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8C24

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8C24	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 140, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.122 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ad68',
    500: '#ac8c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8c24;
$custom-light: #c9ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65222,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8C24

secondary

#667CC6

accent

#67E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8C24

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

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