#AC942C#AC942C

#AC942C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.122 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AC942C
RGBrgb(172, 148, 44)
HSLhsl(49, 59%, 42%)
HSVhsv(49, 74%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(61.77, -2.29, 55.04)
CIE-LCHlch(61.77, 55.09, 92.38°)
OKLaboklab(66.97% -0.012 0.1215)
OKLCHoklch(66.97% 0.122 95.6)
XYZxyz(28.0592, 30.1338, 6.7209)
Luminance0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AC942C #2C44AC
analogous
#AC542C #AC942C #84AC2C
triadic
#AC942C #2CAC94 #942CAC
tetradic
#AC942C #2CAC54 #2C44AC #AC2C84
square
#AC942C #2CAC54 #2C44AC #AC2C84
split-complementary
#AC942C #2C84AC #542CAC
monochromatic
#4B4013 #7B6A20 #AC942C #D0B646 #DCC976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99
#AC942C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03
#AC942C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC942C
7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AC942C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AC942C1.002.997.037.03
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0321.001.001.00
##0000007.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4911B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9832
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BA8880
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ac942c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 148, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.122 95.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36d',
    500: '#ac942c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ac942c;
$custom-light: #c9b36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ac942c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6697,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AC942C
secondary
#7080C4
accent
#63E245
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F5EC
border
#D2CFC7
text
#141007
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

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#AC942C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva