#AC9C2E#AC9C2E

#AC9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C2E
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -6.50, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 56.77, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0237 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3962, 32.7462, 7.3565)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C2E #2E3EAC

analogous

#AC5D2E #AC9C2E #7DAC2E

triadic

#AC9C2E #2EAC9C #9C2EAC

tetradic

#AC9C2E #2EAC5D #2E3EAC #AC2E7D

square

#AC9C2E #2EAC5D #2E3EAC #AC2E7D

split-complementary

#AC9C2E #2E7DAC #5D2EAC

monochromatic

#4B4414 #7C7021 #AC9C2E #CEBD49 #DBCF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AC9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C2E

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C2E	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)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86e',
    500: '#ac9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c2e;
$custom-light: #c8b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68706,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C2E

secondary

#727DC3

accent

#5AE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C2E

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

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