#AC992A#AC992A

#AC992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC992A
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -5.08, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 57.30, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0201 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8238, 31.7217, 6.7947)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC992A #2A3DAC

analogous

#AC582A #AC992A #7EAC2A

triadic

#AC992A #2AAC99 #992AAC

tetradic

#AC992A #2AAC58 #2A3DAC #AC2A7E

square

#AC992A #2AAC58 #2A3DAC #AC2A7E

split-complementary

#AC992A #2A7EAC #582AAC

monochromatic

#4A4112 #7B6D1E #AC992A #D1BC42 #DDCE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AC992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AC992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC992A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC992A	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)

#A89515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b66c',
    500: '#ac992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac992a;
$custom-light: #c9b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68029,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC992A

secondary

#6D7AC4

accent

#5BE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC992A

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

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