#AC8C2A#AC8C2A

#AC8C2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8C2A
RGB	rgb(172, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 2.00, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 53.78, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0001 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.118 90)
XYZ	xyz(26.8108, 27.6957, 6.1237)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8C2A #2A4AAC

analogous

#AC4B2A #AC8C2A #8BAC2A

triadic

#AC8C2A #2AAC8C #8C2AAC

tetradic

#AC8C2A #2AAC4B #2A4AAC #AC2A8B

square

#AC8C2A #2AAC4B #2A4AAC #AC2A8B

split-complementary

#AC8C2A #2A8BAC #4B2AAC

monochromatic

#4A3C12 #7B641E #AC8C2A #D1AE42 #DDC373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AC8C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AC8C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8C2A

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8C2A	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)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ad6b',
    500: '#ac8c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8c2a;
$custom-light: #c9ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65263,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.27694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8C2A

secondary

#6D83C4

accent

#6BE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8C2A

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

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