#AC8E29#AC8E29

#AC8E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E29
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 0.85, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 54.63, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0033 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0880, 28.2784, 6.1289)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E29 #2947AC

analogous

#AC4D29 #AC8E29 #88AC29

triadic

#AC8E29 #29AC8E #8E29AC

tetradic

#AC8E29 #29AC4D #2947AC #AC2988

square

#AC8E29 #29AC4D #2947AC #AC2988

split-complementary

#AC8E29 #2988AC #4D29AC

monochromatic

#493C11 #7B651D #AC8E29 #D2B041 #DDC572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AC8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AC8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E29

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E29	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6a',
    500: '#ac8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e29;
$custom-light: #c9ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65676,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E29

secondary

#6C80C5

accent

#68E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E29

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

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