#AC9C2C#AC9C2C

#AC9C2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.128 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C2C
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -6.59, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 57.51, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0242 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.128 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3577, 32.7308, 7.1537)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C2C #2C3CAC

analogous

#AC5C2C #AC9C2C #7CAC2C

triadic

#AC9C2C #2CAC9C #9C2CAC

tetradic

#AC9C2C #2CAC5C #2C3CAC #AC2C7C

square

#AC9C2C #2CAC5C #2C3CAC #AC2C7C

split-complementary

#AC9C2C #2C7CAC #5C2CAC

monochromatic

#4B4413 #7B7020 #AC9C2C #D0BE46 #DCCF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AC9C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C2C

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C2C	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.128 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86d',
    500: '#ac9c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c2c;
$custom-light: #c8b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68692,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C2C

secondary

#707AC4

accent

#59E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C2C

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

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