#AC9931#AC9931

#AC9931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9931
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -4.74, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 54.65, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0184 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.123 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9602, 31.7763, 7.5131)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9931 #3144AC

analogous

#AC5B31 #AC9931 #81AC31

triadic

#AC9931 #31AC99 #9931AC

tetradic

#AC9931 #31AC5B #3144AC #AC3181

square

#AC9931 #31AC5B #3144AC #AC3181

split-complementary

#AC9931 #3181AC #5B31AC

monochromatic

#4D4416 #7C6F23 #AC9931 #CCB94E #DACC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AC9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AC9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9931

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9931	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)

#A89521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b670',
    500: '#ac9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9931;
$custom-light: #c8b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6808,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9931

secondary

#7682C3

accent

#60DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9931

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

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