#AC8C28#AC8C28

#AC8C28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.119 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8C28
RGB	rgb(172, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 1.91, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 54.53, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% -0.0004 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.119 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7759, 27.6817, 5.9399)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8C28 #2848AC

analogous

#AC4A28 #AC8C28 #8AAC28

triadic

#AC8C28 #28AC8C #8C28AC

tetradic

#AC8C28 #28AC4A #2848AC #AC288A

square

#AC8C28 #28AC4A #2848AC #AC288A

split-complementary

#AC8C28 #288AAC #4A28AC

monochromatic

#493B11 #7A641C #AC8C28 #D2AF3F #DEC371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AC8C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AC8C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8C28

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8C28	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.119 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ad6a',
    500: '#ac8c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8c28;
$custom-light: #c9ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65248,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8C28

secondary

#6B81C5

accent

#6AE542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8C28

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

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