#AC972F#AC972F

#AC972F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC972F
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -3.77, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 54.82, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0158 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.122 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5944, 31.1106, 7.1876)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC972F #2F44AC

analogous

#AC582F #AC972F #82AC2F

triadic

#AC972F #2FAC97 #972FAC

tetradic

#AC972F #2FAC58 #2F44AC #AC2F82

square

#AC972F #2FAC58 #2F44AC #AC2F82

split-complementary

#AC972F #2F82AC #582FAC

monochromatic

#4C4315 #7C6D22 #AC972F #CEB84B #DBCB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AC972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#AC972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC972F

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC972F	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)

#A6931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b56e',
    500: '#ac972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac972f;
$custom-light: #c8b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67634,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC972F

secondary

#7481C3

accent

#61E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC972F

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

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