#AC9928#AC9928

#AC9928 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9928
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -5.16, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 58.00, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0205 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7889, 31.7078, 6.6109)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9928 #283BAC

analogous

#AC5728 #AC9928 #7DAC28

triadic

#AC9928 #28AC99 #9928AC

tetradic

#AC9928 #28AC57 #283BAC #AC287D

square

#AC9928 #28AC57 #283BAC #AC287D

split-complementary

#AC9928 #287DAC #5728AC

monochromatic

#494111 #7A6D1C #AC9928 #D2BD3F #DECE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AC9928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AC9928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9928

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9928	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66b',
    500: '#ac9928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9928;
$custom-light: #c9b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68016,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9928

secondary

#6B78C5

accent

#5AE542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9928

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

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