#AC8E28#AC8E28

#AC8E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E28
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, 0.81, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 55.00, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0036 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.121 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0708, 28.2715, 6.0382)
Luminance	0.2827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E28 #2846AC

analogous

#AC4C28 #AC8E28 #88AC28

triadic

#AC8E28 #28AC8E #8E28AC

tetradic

#AC8E28 #28AC4C #2846AC #AC2888

square

#AC8E28 #28AC4C #2846AC #AC2888

split-complementary

#AC8E28 #2888AC #4C28AC

monochromatic

#493C11 #7A651C #AC8E28 #D2B13F #DEC571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AC8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#AC8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E28

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E28	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)

#9E8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6a',
    500: '#ac8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e28;
$custom-light: #c9ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65669,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E28

secondary

#6B7FC5

accent

#67E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E28

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

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