#AC8E32#AC8E32

#AC8E32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.114 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E32
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, 1.29, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 51.08, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.001 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.114 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2635, 28.3486, 7.0528)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E32 #3250AC

analogous

#AC5132 #AC8E32 #8DAC32

triadic

#AC8E32 #32AC8E #8E32AC

tetradic

#AC8E32 #32AC51 #3250AC #AC328D

square

#AC8E32 #32AC51 #3250AC #AC328D

split-complementary

#AC8E32 #328DAC #5132AC

monochromatic

#4D4016 #7D6724 #AC8E32 #CCAD4F #DAC37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AC8E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AC8E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E32

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E32	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.114 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae6f',
    500: '#ac8e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e32;
$custom-light: #c8ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65746,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E32

secondary

#778AC3

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E32

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

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