#AC8D24#AC8D24

#AC8D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8D24
RGB	rgb(172, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 1.20, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 56.18, 88.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% -0.0029 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.122 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8582, 27.9495, 5.6489)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8D24 #2443AC

analogous

#AC4924 #AC8D24 #87AC24

triadic

#AC8D24 #24AC8D #8D24AC

tetradic

#AC8D24 #24AC49 #2443AC #AC2487

square

#AC8D24 #24AC49 #2443AC #AC2487

split-complementary

#AC8D24 #2487AC #4924AC

monochromatic

#473A0F #796419 #AC8D24 #D5B138 #E0C56A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#AC8D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AC8D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8D24

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8D24	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae68',
    500: '#ac8d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8d24;
$custom-light: #c9ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65433,
    "c": 0.12224,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8D24

secondary

#667CC6

accent

#66E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8D24

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →