#AC8E2D#AC8E2D

#AC8E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.118 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E2D
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 1.04, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 53.10, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0023 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.118 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1614, 28.3078, 6.5154)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E2D #2D4BAC

analogous

#AC4F2D #AC8E2D #8AAC2D

triadic

#AC8E2D #2DAC8E #8E2DAC

tetradic

#AC8E2D #2DAC4F #2D4BAC #AC2D8A

square

#AC8E2D #2DAC4F #2D4BAC #AC2D8A

split-complementary

#AC8E2D #2D8AAC #4F2DAC

monochromatic

#4B3E14 #7B6620 #AC8E2D #CFAF47 #DCC478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AC8E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AC8E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E2D

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E2D	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)

#9E8C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.118 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6c',
    500: '#ac8e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e2d;
$custom-light: #c9ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65705,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E2D

secondary

#7185C4

accent

#6BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E2D

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

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