#AC8E26#AC8E26

#AC8E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E26
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 0.73, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 55.72, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.004 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.122 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0377, 28.2583, 5.8636)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E26 #2644AC

analogous

#AC4B26 #AC8E26 #87AC26

triadic

#AC8E26 #26AC8E #8E26AC

tetradic

#AC8E26 #26AC4B #2644AC #AC2687

square

#AC8E26 #26AC4B #2644AC #AC2687

split-complementary

#AC8E26 #2687AC #4B26AC

monochromatic

#483B10 #7A651B #AC8E26 #D4B23B #DFC56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AC8E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AC8E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E26

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E26	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae69',
    500: '#ac8e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e26;
$custom-light: #c9ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65656,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E26

secondary

#687DC5

accent

#66E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E26

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

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