#AC8E2E#AC8E2E

#AC8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.117 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E2E
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 1.09, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 52.71, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0021 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.117 91)
XYZ	xyz(27.1809, 28.3156, 6.6180)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E2E #2E4CAC

analogous

#AC4F2E #AC8E2E #8BAC2E

triadic

#AC8E2E #2EAC8E #8E2EAC

tetradic

#AC8E2E #2EAC4F #2E4CAC #AC2E8B

square

#AC8E2E #2EAC4F #2E4CAC #AC2E8B

split-complementary

#AC8E2E #2E8BAC #4F2EAC

monochromatic

#4B3E14 #7C6621 #AC8E2E #CEAF49 #DBC479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AC8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#AC8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E2E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E2E	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)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.117 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ae6d',
    500: '#ac8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e2e;
$custom-light: #c9ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65713,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.28314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E2E

secondary

#7286C3

accent

#6BE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E2E

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

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