#AC9A30#AC9A30

#AC9A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A30
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 72.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, -5.33, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 55.36, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0202 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1037, 32.0966, 7.4580)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A30 #3042AC

analogous

#AC5C30 #AC9A30 #80AC30

triadic

#AC9A30 #30AC9A #9A30AC

tetradic

#AC9A30 #30AC5C #3042AC #AC3080

square

#AC9A30 #30AC5C #3042AC #AC3080

split-complementary

#AC9A30 #3080AC #5C30AC

monochromatic

#4C4415 #7C6F23 #AC9A30 #CDBA4C #DACD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#AC9A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A30

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A30	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)

#A9961F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b76f',
    500: '#ac9a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a30;
$custom-light: #c8b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68288,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A30

secondary

#7580C3

accent

#5EE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A30

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

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