#AC8C25#AC8C25

#AC8C25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8C25
RGB	rgb(172, 140, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 78.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 1.79, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 55.61, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0011 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.121 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7269, 27.6621, 5.6815)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8C25 #2545AC

analogous

#AC4825 #AC8C25 #88AC25

triadic

#AC8C25 #25AC8C #8C25AC

tetradic

#AC8C25 #25AC48 #2545AC #AC2588

square

#AC8C25 #25AC48 #2545AC #AC2588

split-complementary

#AC8C25 #2588AC #4825AC

monochromatic

#473A0F #7A631A #AC8C25 #D5B03A #DFC46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AC8C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#AC8C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8C25

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8C25	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9D8A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 140, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ad68',
    500: '#ac8c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8c25;
$custom-light: #c9ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65229,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8C25

secondary

#677EC6

accent

#68E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8C25

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

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