#AC9C35#AC9C35

#AC9C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C35
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -6.14, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 54.02, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0219 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5456, 32.8060, 8.1434)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C35 #3545AC

analogous

#AC6135 #AC9C35 #81AC35

triadic

#AC9C35 #35AC9C #9C35AC

tetradic

#AC9C35 #35AC61 #3545AC #AC3581

square

#AC9C35 #35AC61 #3545AC #AC3581

split-complementary

#AC9C35 #3581AC #6135AC

monochromatic

#4E4718 #7D7227 #AC9C35 #CABA54 #D9CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AC9C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C35

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C35	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)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b872',
    500: '#ac9c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c35;
$custom-light: #c8b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6876,
    "c": 0.12221,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C35

secondary

#7B84C2

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C35

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

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