#AC9A2D#AC9A2D

#AC9A2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A2D
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -5.48, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 56.51, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0209 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0439, 32.0727, 7.1429)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A2D #2D3FAC

analogous

#AC5A2D #AC9A2D #7EAC2D

triadic

#AC9A2D #2DAC9A #9A2DAC

tetradic

#AC9A2D #2DAC5A #2D3FAC #AC2D7E

square

#AC9A2D #2DAC5A #2D3FAC #AC2D7E

split-complementary

#AC9A2D #2D7EAC #5A2DAC

monochromatic

#4B4314 #7B6F20 #AC9A2D #CFBC47 #DCCD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#AC9A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A2D

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A2D	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)

#A9961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b76e',
    500: '#ac9a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a2d;
$custom-light: #c8b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68266,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A2D

secondary

#717DC4

accent

#5CE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A2D

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

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