#AC962C#AC962C

#AC962C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.123 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC962C
RGB	rgb(172, 150, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -3.37, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 55.67, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.015 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.123 97)
XYZ	xyz(28.3757, 30.7667, 6.8263)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC962C #2C42AC

analogous

#AC562C #AC962C #82AC2C

triadic

#AC962C #2CAC96 #962CAC

tetradic

#AC962C #2CAC56 #2C42AC #AC2C82

square

#AC962C #2CAC56 #2C42AC #AC2C82

split-complementary

#AC962C #2C82AC #562CAC

monochromatic

#4B4113 #7B6C20 #AC962C #D0B846 #DCCB76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#AC962C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#AC962C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC962C

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC962C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC962C	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5921A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac962c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 150, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.123 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b46d',
    500: '#ac962c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac962c;
$custom-light: #c8b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac962c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67398,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.30765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC962C

secondary

#707EC4

accent

#60E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC962C

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

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