#AC9A35#AC9A35

#AC9A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9A35
RGB	rgb(172, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -5.07, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 53.36, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0189 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.121 99)
XYZ	xyz(29.2128, 32.1403, 8.0324)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9A35 #3547AC

analogous

#AC5E35 #AC9A35 #83AC35

triadic

#AC9A35 #35AC9A #9A35AC

tetradic

#AC9A35 #35AC5E #3547AC #AC3583

square

#AC9A35 #35AC5E #3547AC #AC3583

split-complementary

#AC9A35 #3583AC #5E35AC

monochromatic

#4E4618 #7D7027 #AC9A35 #CAB854 #D9CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AC9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AC9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9A35

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9A35	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)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b772',
    500: '#ac9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9a35;
$custom-light: #c8b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68328,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.32139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9A35

secondary

#7B85C2

accent

#61DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9A35

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

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