#AC9A2F#AC9A2F

#AC9A2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A2F
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -5.38, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 55.75, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0204 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.125 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0833, 32.0885, 7.3506)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A2F #2F41AC

analogous

#AC5B2F #AC9A2F #7FAC2F

triadic

#AC9A2F #2FAC9A #9A2FAC

tetradic

#AC9A2F #2FAC5B #2F41AC #AC2F7F

square

#AC9A2F #2FAC5B #2F41AC #AC2F7F

split-complementary

#AC9A2F #2F7FAC #5B2FAC

monochromatic

#4C4415 #7C6F22 #AC9A2F #CEBB4B #DBCD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AC9A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A2F

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A2F	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b76f',
    500: '#ac9a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a2f;
$custom-light: #c8b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6828,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A2F

secondary

#747FC3

accent

#5DE047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A2F

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

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