#AC9C2F#AC9C2F

#AC9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C2F
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, -6.45, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 56.39, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0235 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4162, 32.7542, 7.4615)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C2F #2F3FAC

analogous

#AC5D2F #AC9C2F #7DAC2F

triadic

#AC9C2F #2FAC9C #9C2FAC

tetradic

#AC9C2F #2FAC5D #2F3FAC #AC2F7D

square

#AC9C2F #2FAC5D #2F3FAC #AC2F7D

split-complementary

#AC9C2F #2F7DAC #5D2FAC

monochromatic

#4C4515 #7C7022 #AC9C2F #CEBD4B #DBCE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AC9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C2F

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C2F	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)

#AB971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b86f',
    500: '#ac9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c2f;
$custom-light: #c8b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68713,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C2F

secondary

#747EC3

accent

#5BE047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C2F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →