#AC8E2A#AC8E2A

#AC8E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E2A
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 0.90, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 54.26, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0031 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.119 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1057, 28.2855, 6.2220)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E2A #2A48AC

analogous

#AC4D2A #AC8E2A #89AC2A

triadic

#AC8E2A #2AAC8E #8E2AAC

tetradic

#AC8E2A #2AAC4D #2A48AC #AC2A89

square

#AC8E2A #2AAC4D #2A48AC #AC2A89

split-complementary

#AC8E2A #2A89AC #4D2AAC

monochromatic

#4A3D12 #7B651E #AC8E2A #D1B042 #DDC573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AC8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AC8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E2A

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E2A	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	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)

#9E8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6b',
    500: '#ac8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e2a;
$custom-light: #c9ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65683,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E2A

secondary

#6D82C4

accent

#69E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E2A

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

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