#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
RGB	rgb(172, 148, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -2.29, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 55.09, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.012 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.122 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0592, 30.1338, 6.7209)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##AC942C	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)

#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

Preview with #AC942C

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

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