#AC8E2B#AC8E2B

#AC8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E2B
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 0.94, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 53.88, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0028 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.119 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1238, 28.2927, 6.3174)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E2B #2B49AC

analogous

#AC4E2B #AC8E2B #89AC2B

triadic

#AC8E2B #2BAC8E #8E2BAC

tetradic

#AC8E2B #2BAC4E #2B49AC #AC2B89

square

#AC8E2B #2BAC4E #2B49AC #AC2B89

split-complementary

#AC8E2B #2B89AC #4E2BAC

monochromatic

#4A3D13 #7B661F #AC8E2B #D0B044 #DCC475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AC8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AC8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E2B

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E2B	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)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6b',
    500: '#ac8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e2b;
$custom-light: #c9ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6569,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E2B

secondary

#6F83C4

accent

#6AE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E2B

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

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