#AC9C32#AC9C32

#AC9C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C32
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -6.30, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 55.23, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0227 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4788, 32.7792, 7.7913)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C32 #3242AC

analogous

#AC5F32 #AC9C32 #7FAC32

triadic

#AC9C32 #32AC9C #9C32AC

tetradic

#AC9C32 #32AC5F #3242AC #AC327F

square

#AC9C32 #32AC5F #3242AC #AC327F

split-complementary

#AC9C32 #327FAC #5F32AC

monochromatic

#4D4616 #7D7124 #AC9C32 #CCBC4F #DACE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AC9C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C32

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C32	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b871',
    500: '#ac9c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c32;
$custom-light: #c8b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68736,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C32

secondary

#7781C3

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C32

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

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