#AC9930#AC9930

#AC9930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9930
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 72.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -4.79, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 55.05, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0186 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.123 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9394, 31.7679, 7.4032)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9930 #3043AC

analogous

#AC5B30 #AC9930 #81AC30

triadic

#AC9930 #30AC99 #9930AC

tetradic

#AC9930 #30AC5B #3043AC #AC3081

square

#AC9930 #30AC5B #3043AC #AC3081

split-complementary

#AC9930 #3081AC #5B30AC

monochromatic

#4C4415 #7C6E23 #AC9930 #CDB94C #DACC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AC9930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AC9930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9930

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9930	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b66f',
    500: '#ac9930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9930;
$custom-light: #c8b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68072,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9930

secondary

#7581C3

accent

#5FE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9930

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

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