#AC9B31#AC9B31

#AC9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9B31
RGB	rgb(172, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -5.82, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 55.29, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0214 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2903, 32.4365, 7.6232)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9B31 #3142AC

analogous

#AC5D31 #AC9B31 #7FAC31

triadic

#AC9B31 #31AC9B #9B31AC

tetradic

#AC9B31 #31AC5D #3142AC #AC317F

square

#AC9B31 #31AC5D #3142AC #AC317F

split-complementary

#AC9B31 #317FAC #5D31AC

monochromatic

#4D4516 #7C7023 #AC9B31 #CCBB4E #DACD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AC9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AC9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9B31

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9B31	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b870',
    500: '#ac9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9b31;
$custom-light: #c8b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68511,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9B31

secondary

#7681C3

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9B31

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

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