#AC972D#AC972D

#AC972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.124 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC972D
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -3.86, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 55.59, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0163 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.124 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5549, 31.0948, 6.9799)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC972D #2D42AC

analogous

#AC582D #AC972D #81AC2D

triadic

#AC972D #2DAC97 #972DAC

tetradic

#AC972D #2DAC58 #2D42AC #AC2D81

square

#AC972D #2DAC58 #2D42AC #AC2D81

split-complementary

#AC972D #2D81AC #582DAC

monochromatic

#4B4214 #7B6C20 #AC972D #CFB847 #DCCB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AC972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AC972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC972D

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC972D	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)

#A6931B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.124 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b56d',
    500: '#ac972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac972d;
$custom-light: #c8b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6762,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC972D

secondary

#717FC4

accent

#60E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC972D

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

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