#AC9A2C#AC9A2C

#AC9A2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A2C
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -5.52, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 56.88, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0211 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0249, 32.0651, 7.0427)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A2C #2C3EAC

analogous

#AC5A2C #AC9A2C #7EAC2C

triadic

#AC9A2C #2CAC9A #9A2CAC

tetradic

#AC9A2C #2CAC5A #2C3EAC #AC2C7E

square

#AC9A2C #2CAC5A #2C3EAC #AC2C7E

split-complementary

#AC9A2C #2C7EAC #5A2CAC

monochromatic

#4B4313 #7B6E20 #AC9A2C #D0BC46 #DCCE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AC9A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A2C

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A2C	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)

#A99618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b76d',
    500: '#ac9a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a2c;
$custom-light: #c8b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68259,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A2C

secondary

#707CC4

accent

#5BE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A2C

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

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