#AC9C2A#AC9C2A

#AC9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.129 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C2A
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.93, -6.68, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.93, 58.23, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0246 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.129 101)
XYZ	xyz(29.3210, 32.7161, 6.9604)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C2A #2A3AAC

analogous

#AC5B2A #AC9C2A #7BAC2A

triadic

#AC9C2A #2AAC9C #9C2AAC

tetradic

#AC9C2A #2AAC5B #2A3AAC #AC2A7B

square

#AC9C2A #2AAC5B #2A3AAC #AC2A7B

split-complementary

#AC9C2A #2A7BAC #5B2AAC

monochromatic

#4A4312 #7B6F1E #AC9C2A #D1BF42 #DDD073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AC9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C2A

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C2A	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)

#AB9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.129 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86c',
    500: '#ac9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c2a;
$custom-light: #c8b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68679,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.32715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C2A

secondary

#6D78C4

accent

#58E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C2A

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

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