#AC9C2B#AC9C2B

#AC9C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C2B
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -6.64, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 57.87, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0244 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3392, 32.7234, 7.0559)
Luminance	0.3272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C2B #2B3BAC

analogous

#AC5B2B #AC9C2B #7CAC2B

triadic

#AC9C2B #2BAC9C #9C2BAC

tetradic

#AC9C2B #2BAC5B #2B3BAC #AC2B7C

square

#AC9C2B #2BAC5B #2B3BAC #AC2B7C

split-complementary

#AC9C2B #2B7CAC #5B2BAC

monochromatic

#4A4313 #7B701F #AC9C2B #D0BF44 #DCD075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#AC9C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C2B

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C2B	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)

#AB9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86d',
    500: '#ac9c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c2b;
$custom-light: #c8b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68685,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C2B

secondary

#6F79C4

accent

#58E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C2B

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

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