#AC8E33#AC8E33

#AC8E33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.113 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC8E33
RGB	rgb(172, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 1.35, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 50.66, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0007 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.113 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2853, 28.3573, 7.1677)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC8E33 #3351AC

analogous

#AC5133 #AC8E33 #8DAC33

triadic

#AC8E33 #33AC8E #8E33AC

tetradic

#AC8E33 #33AC51 #3351AC #AC338D

square

#AC8E33 #33AC51 #3351AC #AC338D

split-complementary

#AC8E33 #338DAC #5133AC

monochromatic

#4E4017 #7D6725 #AC8E33 #CBAD51 #D9C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AC8E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AC8E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC8E33

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC8E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC8E33	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)

#9E8C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac8e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.113 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ae70',
    500: '#ac8e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac8e33;
$custom-light: #c8ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac8e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65754,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC8E33

secondary

#788BC2

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC8E33

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

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