#AC8C2B#AC8C2B

#AC8C2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8C2B
RGB	rgb(172, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, 2.04, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 53.39, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0003 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.118 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8289, 27.7029, 6.2191)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8C2B #2B4BAC

analogous

#AC4B2B #AC8C2B #8CAC2B

triadic

#AC8C2B #2BAC8C #8C2BAC

tetradic

#AC8C2B #2BAC4B #2B4BAC #AC2B8C

square

#AC8C2B #2BAC4B #2B4BAC #AC2B8C

split-complementary

#AC8C2B #2B8CAC #4B2BAC

monochromatic

#4A3C13 #7B641F #AC8C2B #D0AD44 #DCC375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AC8C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#AC8C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8C2B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8C2B	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)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ad6b',
    500: '#ac8c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8c2b;
$custom-light: #c9ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6527,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8C2B

secondary

#6F84C4

accent

#6CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8C2B

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

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