#AC9828#AC9828

#AC9828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9828
RGB	rgb(172, 152, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, -4.63, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 57.71, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.019 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6259, 31.3818, 6.5566)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9828 #283CAC

analogous

#AC5628 #AC9828 #7EAC28

triadic

#AC9828 #28AC98 #9828AC

tetradic

#AC9828 #28AC56 #283CAC #AC287E

square

#AC9828 #28AC56 #283CAC #AC287E

split-complementary

#AC9828 #287EAC #5628AC

monochromatic

#494011 #7A6C1C #AC9828 #D2BC3F #DECD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AC9828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AC9828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9828

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9828	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 152, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b56b',
    500: '#ac9828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9828;
$custom-light: #c9b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67801,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9828

secondary

#6B79C5

accent

#5BE542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9828

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

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