#AC9C30#AC9C30

#AC9C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C30
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 72.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -6.40, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 56.01, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0232 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.126 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4366, 32.7623, 7.5690)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C30 #3040AC

analogous

#AC5E30 #AC9C30 #7EAC30

triadic

#AC9C30 #30AC9C #9C30AC

tetradic

#AC9C30 #30AC5E #3040AC #AC307E

square

#AC9C30 #30AC5E #3040AC #AC307E

split-complementary

#AC9C30 #307EAC #5E30AC

monochromatic

#4C4515 #7C7123 #AC9C30 #CDBC4C #DACE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#AC9C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C30

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C30	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)

#AB971F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b870',
    500: '#ac9c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c30;
$custom-light: #c8b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6872,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C30

secondary

#757FC3

accent

#5CE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C30

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

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