#AC9740#AC9740

#AC9740 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.109 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9740
RGB	rgb(172, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -2.76, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 47.58, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0109 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.109 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0065, 31.2754, 9.3584)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9740 #4055AC

analogous

#AC6140 #AC9740 #8BAC40

triadic

#AC9740 #40AC97 #9740AC

tetradic

#AC9740 #40AC61 #4055AC #AC408B

square

#AC9740 #40AC61 #4055AC #AC408B

split-complementary

#AC9740 #408BAC #6140AC

monochromatic

#53491F #7F702F #AC9740 #C5B264 #D6C891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AC9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AC9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9740

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9740	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.109 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b578',
    500: '#ac9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9740;
$custom-light: #c8b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67788,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9740

secondary

#8792C1

accent

#6CD552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9740

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

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