#AC9B29#AC9B29

#AC9B29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9B29
RGB	rgb(172, 155, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -6.19, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 58.26, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0233 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1362, 32.3748, 6.8117)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9B29 #293AAC

analogous

#AC5A29 #AC9B29 #7CAC29

triadic

#AC9B29 #29AC9B #9B29AC

tetradic

#AC9B29 #29AC5A #293AAC #AC297C

square

#AC9B29 #29AC5A #293AAC #AC297C

split-complementary

#AC9B29 #297CAC #5A29AC

monochromatic

#494211 #7B6E1D #AC9B29 #D2BF41 #DDCF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AC9B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AC9B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9B29

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9B29	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 155, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86c',
    500: '#ac9b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9b29;
$custom-light: #c9b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68455,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9B29

secondary

#6C78C5

accent

#58E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9B29

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

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