#AC9C36#AC9C36

#AC9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C36
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -6.08, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 53.61, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0216 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.121 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5689, 32.8153, 8.2658)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C36 #3646AC

analogous

#AC6136 #AC9C36 #81AC36

triadic

#AC9C36 #36AC9C #9C36AC

tetradic

#AC9C36 #36AC61 #3646AC #AC3681

square

#AC9C36 #36AC61 #3646AC #AC3681

split-complementary

#AC9C36 #3681AC #6136AC

monochromatic

#4F4819 #7D7227 #AC9C36 #CABA55 #D8CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AC9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C36

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C36	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)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b873',
    500: '#ac9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c36;
$custom-light: #c8b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68768,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C36

secondary

#7C85C2

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C36

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

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