#AC9C38#AC9C38

#AC9C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C38
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -5.97, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 52.78, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0211 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6168, 32.8344, 8.5183)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C38 #3848AC

analogous

#AC6238 #AC9C38 #82AC38

triadic

#AC9C38 #38AC9C #9C38AC

tetradic

#AC9C38 #38AC62 #3848AC #AC3882

square

#AC9C38 #38AC62 #3848AC #AC3882

split-complementary

#AC9C38 #3882AC #6238AC

monochromatic

#50481A #7E7229 #AC9C38 #C9B958 #D8CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AC9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AC9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C38

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C38	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b874',
    500: '#ac9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c38;
$custom-light: #c8b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68786,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C38

secondary

#7E87C2

accent

#61DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C38

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

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