#AC9229#AC9229

#AC9229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.122 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9229
RGB	rgb(172, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -1.33, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 55.66, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0096 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.123 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6939, 29.4901, 6.3309)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9229 #2943AC

analogous

#AC5129 #AC9229 #84AC29

triadic

#AC9229 #29AC92 #9229AC

tetradic

#AC9229 #29AC51 #2943AC #AC2984

square

#AC9229 #29AC51 #2943AC #AC2984

split-complementary

#AC9229 #2984AC #5129AC

monochromatic

#493E11 #7B681D #AC9229 #D2B541 #DDC872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#AC9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#AC9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9229

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9229	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#A28F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.122 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b16b',
    500: '#ac9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9229;
$custom-light: #c9b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66523,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9229

secondary

#6C7EC5

accent

#63E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9229

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

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