#AC9C29#AC9C29

#AC9C29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C29
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, -6.73, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 58.58, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0248 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(29.3034, 32.7090, 6.8674)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C29 #2939AC

analogous

#AC5B29 #AC9C29 #7BAC29

triadic

#AC9C29 #29AC9C #9C29AC

tetradic

#AC9C29 #29AC5B #2939AC #AC297B

square

#AC9C29 #29AC5B #2939AC #AC297B

split-complementary

#AC9C29 #297BAC #5B29AC

monochromatic

#494211 #7B6F1D #AC9C29 #D2C041 #DDD072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AC9C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C29

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C29	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b86c',
    500: '#ac9c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c29;
$custom-light: #c9b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68672,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.32708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C29

secondary

#6C77C5

accent

#57E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C29

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

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