#AC9A28#AC9A28

#AC9A28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A28
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -5.70, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 58.31, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.022 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9533, 32.0365, 6.6657)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A28 #283AAC

analogous

#AC5828 #AC9A28 #7CAC28

triadic

#AC9A28 #28AC9A #9A28AC

tetradic

#AC9A28 #28AC58 #283AAC #AC287C

square

#AC9A28 #28AC58 #283AAC #AC287C

split-complementary

#AC9A28 #287CAC #5828AC

monochromatic

#494111 #7A6E1C #AC9A28 #D2BE3F #DECF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AC9A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AC9A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A28

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A28	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b76b',
    500: '#ac9a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a28;
$custom-light: #c9b76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A28

secondary

#6B77C5

accent

#59E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A28

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

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