#AC9A34#AC9A34

#AC9A34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A34
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 69.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -5.12, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 53.77, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0191 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1900, 32.1312, 7.9125)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A34 #3446AC

analogous

#AC5E34 #AC9A34 #82AC34

triadic

#AC9A34 #34AC9A #9A34AC

tetradic

#AC9A34 #34AC5E #3446AC #AC3482

square

#AC9A34 #34AC5E #3446AC #AC3482

split-complementary

#AC9A34 #3482AC #5E34AC

monochromatic

#4E4618 #7D7026 #AC9A34 #CBB952 #D9CC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AC9A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A34

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A34	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b772',
    500: '#ac9a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a34;
$custom-light: #c8b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68319,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A34

secondary

#7984C2

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A34

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

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