#AC9429#AC9429

#AC9429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9429
RGB	rgb(172, 148, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -2.42, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 56.20, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0127 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.124 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0049, 30.1121, 6.4345)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9429 #2941AC

analogous

#AC5329 #AC9429 #82AC29

triadic

#AC9429 #29AC94 #9429AC

tetradic

#AC9429 #29AC53 #2941AC #AC2982

square

#AC9429 #29AC53 #2941AC #AC2982

split-complementary

#AC9429 #2982AC #5329AC

monochromatic

#493F11 #7B691D #AC9429 #D2B741 #DDCA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AC9429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#AC9429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9429

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9429	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 148, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36b',
    500: '#ac9429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9429;
$custom-light: #c9b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66949,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9429

secondary

#6C7CC5

accent

#61E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9429

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

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