#AC8D28#AC8D28

#AC8D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8D28
RGB	rgb(172, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, 1.36, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 54.76, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.002 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.12 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9227, 27.9753, 5.9888)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8D28 #2847AC

analogous

#AC4B28 #AC8D28 #89AC28

triadic

#AC8D28 #28AC8D #8D28AC

tetradic

#AC8D28 #28AC4B #2847AC #AC2889

square

#AC8D28 #28AC4B #2847AC #AC2889

split-complementary

#AC8D28 #2889AC #4B28AC

monochromatic

#493C11 #7A641C #AC8D28 #D2B03F #DEC471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AC8D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#AC8D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8D28

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8D28	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#9D8B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6a',
    500: '#ac8d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8d28;
$custom-light: #c9ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65458,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8D28

secondary

#6B80C5

accent

#69E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8D28

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

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