#AC9B2A#AC9B2A

#AC9B2A 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 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9B2A
RGB	rgb(172, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -6.15, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 57.91, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0231 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1539, 32.3819, 6.9047)
Luminance	0.3238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9B2A #2A3BAC

analogous

#AC5A2A #AC9B2A #7CAC2A

triadic

#AC9B2A #2AAC9B #9B2AAC

tetradic

#AC9B2A #2AAC5A #2A3BAC #AC2A7C

square

#AC9B2A #2AAC5A #2A3BAC #AC2A7C

split-complementary

#AC9B2A #2A7CAC #5A2AAC

monochromatic

#4A4212 #7B6F1E #AC9B2A #D1BE42 #DDCF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AC9B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AC9B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9B2A

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9B2A	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86c',
    500: '#ac9b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9b2a;
$custom-light: #c8b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68462,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9B2A

secondary

#6D79C4

accent

#59E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9B2A

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

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