#AC9228#AC9228

#AC9228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.123 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9228
RGB	rgb(172, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -1.38, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 56.02, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0098 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.123 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6767, 29.4832, 6.2401)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9228 #2842AC

analogous

#AC5028 #AC9228 #84AC28

triadic

#AC9228 #28AC92 #9228AC

tetradic

#AC9228 #28AC50 #2842AC #AC2884

square

#AC9228 #28AC50 #2842AC #AC2884

split-complementary

#AC9228 #2884AC #5028AC

monochromatic

#493E11 #7A681C #AC9228 #D2B53F #DEC871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AC9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AC9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9228

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9228	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.123 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b16a',
    500: '#ac9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9228;
$custom-light: #c9b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66516,
    "c": 0.12308,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9228

secondary

#6B7DC5

accent

#63E542

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9228

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

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