#AC8D2E#AC8D2E

#AC8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.116 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8D2E
RGB	rgb(172, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, 1.64, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 52.46, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0005 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.116 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0328, 28.0193, 6.5687)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8D2E #2E4DAC

analogous

#AC4E2E #AC8D2E #8CAC2E

triadic

#AC8D2E #2EAC8D #8D2EAC

tetradic

#AC8D2E #2EAC4E #2E4DAC #AC2E8C

square

#AC8D2E #2EAC4E #2E4DAC #AC2E8C

split-complementary

#AC8D2E #2E8CAC #4E2EAC

monochromatic

#4B3E14 #7C6521 #AC8D2E #CEAD49 #DBC379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AC8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#AC8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8D2E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8D2E	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)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.116 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6d',
    500: '#ac8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8d2e;
$custom-light: #c9ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65503,
    "c": 0.11631,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8D2E

secondary

#7286C3

accent

#6DE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8D2E

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

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