#AC9528#AC9528

#AC9528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.125 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9528
RGB	rgb(172, 149, 40)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -3.01, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 56.84, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0144 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.125 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1452, 30.4203, 6.3963)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9528 #283FAC

analogous

#AC5328 #AC9528 #81AC28

triadic

#AC9528 #28AC95 #9528AC

tetradic

#AC9528 #28AC53 #283FAC #AC2881

square

#AC9528 #28AC53 #283FAC #AC2881

split-complementary

#AC9528 #2881AC #5328AC

monochromatic

#493F11 #7A6A1C #AC9528 #D2B93F #DECB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AC9528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AC9528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9528

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9528	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 149, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.125 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b36b',
    500: '#ac9528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9528;
$custom-light: #c9b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67156,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9528

secondary

#6B7BC5

accent

#5FE542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9528

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

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