#AC972C#AC972C

#AC972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC972C
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -3.91, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 55.96, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0166 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.124 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5359, 31.0872, 6.8797)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC972C #2C41AC

analogous

#AC572C #AC972C #81AC2C

triadic

#AC972C #2CAC97 #972CAC

tetradic

#AC972C #2CAC57 #2C41AC #AC2C81

square

#AC972C #2CAC57 #2C41AC #AC2C81

split-complementary

#AC972C #2C81AC #572CAC

monochromatic

#4B4113 #7B6C20 #AC972C #D0B946 #DCCB76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AC972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AC972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC972C

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC972C	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b56d',
    500: '#ac972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac972c;
$custom-light: #c8b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67612,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC972C

secondary

#707EC4

accent

#5FE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC972C

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

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