#AC9929#AC9929

#AC9929 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	#AC9929
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -5.12, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 57.65, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0203 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8062, 31.7146, 6.7016)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9929 #293CAC

analogous

#AC5829 #AC9929 #7EAC29

triadic

#AC9929 #29AC99 #9929AC

tetradic

#AC9929 #29AC58 #293CAC #AC297E

square

#AC9929 #29AC58 #293CAC #AC297E

split-complementary

#AC9929 #297EAC #5829AC

monochromatic

#494111 #7B6D1D #AC9929 #D2BD41 #DDCE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AC9929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AC9929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9929

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9929	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)

#A89513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66c',
    500: '#ac9929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9929;
$custom-light: #c9b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68023,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9929

secondary

#6C79C5

accent

#5BE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9929

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

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