#AC9B2D#AC9B2D

#AC9B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9B2D
RGB	rgb(172, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -6.01, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 56.82, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0224 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2096, 32.4042, 7.1982)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9B2D #2D3EAC

analogous

#AC5C2D #AC9B2D #7DAC2D

triadic

#AC9B2D #2DAC9B #9B2DAC

tetradic

#AC9B2D #2DAC5C #2D3EAC #AC2D7D

square

#AC9B2D #2DAC5C #2D3EAC #AC2D7D

split-complementary

#AC9B2D #2D7DAC #5C2DAC

monochromatic

#4B4414 #7B6F20 #AC9B2D #CFBD47 #DCCE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AC9B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#AC9B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9B2D

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9B2D	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)

#AA971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86e',
    500: '#ac9b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9b2d;
$custom-light: #c8b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68482,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9B2D

secondary

#717CC4

accent

#5BE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9B2D

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

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