#AC9932#AC9932

#AC9932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9932
RGB	rgb(172, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -4.69, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 54.25, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0181 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9816, 31.7848, 7.6255)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9932 #3245AC

analogous

#AC5C32 #AC9932 #82AC32

triadic

#AC9932 #32AC99 #9932AC

tetradic

#AC9932 #32AC5C #3245AC #AC3282

square

#AC9932 #32AC5C #3245AC #AC3282

split-complementary

#AC9932 #3282AC #5C32AC

monochromatic

#4D4516 #7D6F24 #AC9932 #CCB94F #DACC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AC9932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AC9932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9932

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9932	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b670',
    500: '#ac9932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9932;
$custom-light: #c8b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68088,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9932

secondary

#7783C3

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9932

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

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