#AC9C4E#AC9C4E

#AC9C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.101 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9C4E
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 54.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -4.39, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 42.68, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0139 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.101 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2779, 33.0989, 12.0001)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9C4E #4E5EAC

analogous

#AC6D4E #AC9C4E #8DAC4E

triadic

#AC9C4E #4EAC9C #9C4EAC

tetradic

#AC9C4E #4EAC6D #4E5EAC #AC4E8D

square

#AC9C4E #4EAC6D #4E5EAC #AC4E8D

split-complementary

#AC9C4E #4E8DAC #6D4EAC

monochromatic

#585028 #82763B #AC9C4E #C1B476 #D4CBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AC9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AC9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9C4E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9C4E	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.101 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b982',
    500: '#ac9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9c4e;
$custom-light: #c7b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69024,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9C4E

secondary

#959CC1

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9C4E

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

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