#AC9A29#AC9A29

#AC9A29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A29
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -5.66, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 57.96, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0218 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9705, 32.0434, 6.7564)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A29 #293BAC

analogous

#AC5929 #AC9A29 #7DAC29

triadic

#AC9A29 #29AC9A #9A29AC

tetradic

#AC9A29 #29AC59 #293BAC #AC297D

square

#AC9A29 #29AC59 #293BAC #AC297D

split-complementary

#AC9A29 #297DAC #5929AC

monochromatic

#494211 #7B6E1D #AC9A29 #D2BE41 #DDCF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AC9A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A29

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A29	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#A99612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b76c',
    500: '#ac9a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a29;
$custom-light: #c9b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68239,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A29

secondary

#6C78C5

accent

#59E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A29

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

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