#AC8D2D#AC8D2D

#AC8D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.117 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8D2D
RGB	rgb(172, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 1.59, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 52.86, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0008 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.117 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0133, 28.0115, 6.4661)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8D2D #2D4CAC

analogous

#AC4D2D #AC8D2D #8CAC2D

triadic

#AC8D2D #2DAC8D #8D2DAC

tetradic

#AC8D2D #2DAC4D #2D4CAC #AC2D8C

square

#AC8D2D #2DAC4D #2D4CAC #AC2D8C

split-complementary

#AC8D2D #2D8CAC #4D2DAC

monochromatic

#4B3D14 #7B6520 #AC8D2D #CFAE47 #DCC378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AC8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AC8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8D2D

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8D2D	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.117 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6c',
    500: '#ac8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8d2d;
$custom-light: #c9ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65495,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8D2D

secondary

#7185C4

accent

#6CE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8D2D

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

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