#AC9B2C#AC9B2C

#AC9B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.127 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9B2C
RGB	rgb(172, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -6.06, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 57.19, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0227 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.127 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1906, 32.3966, 7.0980)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9B2C #2C3DAC

analogous

#AC5B2C #AC9B2C #7DAC2C

triadic

#AC9B2C #2CAC9B #9B2CAC

tetradic

#AC9B2C #2CAC5B #2C3DAC #AC2C7D

square

#AC9B2C #2CAC5B #2C3DAC #AC2C7D

split-complementary

#AC9B2C #2C7DAC #5B2CAC

monochromatic

#4B4313 #7B6F20 #AC9B2C #D0BD46 #DCCF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AC9B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AC9B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9B2C

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9B2C	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)

#AA9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.127 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86d',
    500: '#ac9b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9b2c;
$custom-light: #c8b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68475,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9B2C

secondary

#707BC4

accent

#5AE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9B2C

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

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