#AC9C2D#AC9C2D

#AC9C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C2D
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -6.55, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 57.14, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0239 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3767, 32.7384, 7.2539)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C2D #2D3DAC

analogous

#AC5D2D #AC9C2D #7CAC2D

triadic

#AC9C2D #2DAC9C #9C2DAC

tetradic

#AC9C2D #2DAC5D #2D3DAC #AC2D7C

square

#AC9C2D #2DAC5D #2D3DAC #AC2D7C

split-complementary

#AC9C2D #2D7CAC #5D2DAC

monochromatic

#4B4414 #7B7020 #AC9C2D #CFBE47 #DCCF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AC9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C2D

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C2D	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)

#AB9719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86e',
    500: '#ac9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c2d;
$custom-light: #c8b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68699,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C2D

secondary

#717CC4

accent

#5AE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C2D

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

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