#AC9B3A#AC9B3A

#AC9B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9B3A
RGB	rgb(172, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 66.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -5.31, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 51.58, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.019 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4996, 32.5202, 8.7253)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9B3A #3A4BAC

analogous

#AC623A #AC9B3A #84AC3A

triadic

#AC9B3A #3AAC9B #9B3AAC

tetradic

#AC9B3A #3AAC62 #3A4BAC #AC3A84

square

#AC9B3A #3AAC62 #3A4BAC #AC3A84

split-complementary

#AC9B3A #3A84AC #623AAC

monochromatic

#50491B #7E722B #AC9B3A #C8B85B #D7CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AC9B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AC9B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9B3A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9B3A	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b875',
    500: '#ac9b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9b3a;
$custom-light: #c8b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9B3A

secondary

#808AC2

accent

#63D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9B3A

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

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