#AC942B#AC942B

#AC942B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.123 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC942B
RGB	rgb(172, 148, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -2.33, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 55.47, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0122 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.123 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0407, 30.1264, 6.6230)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC942B #2B43AC

analogous

#AC532B #AC942B #84AC2B

triadic

#AC942B #2BAC94 #942BAC

tetradic

#AC942B #2BAC53 #2B43AC #AC2B84

square

#AC942B #2BAC53 #2B43AC #AC2B84

split-complementary

#AC942B #2B84AC #532BAC

monochromatic

#4A4013 #7B6A1F #AC942B #D0B644 #DCC975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#AC942B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#AC942B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC942B

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC942B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC942B	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac942b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 148, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.123 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36c',
    500: '#ac942b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac942b;
$custom-light: #c9b36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac942b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66963,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC942B

secondary

#6F7FC4

accent

#62E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC942B

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

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