#AC9D29#AC9D29

#AC9D29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D29
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -7.26, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 58.89, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0264 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4718, 33.0460, 6.9235)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D29 #2938AC

analogous

#AC5C29 #AC9D29 #7AAC29

triadic

#AC9D29 #29AC9D #9D29AC

tetradic

#AC9D29 #29AC5C #2938AC #AC297A

square

#AC9D29 #29AC5C #2938AC #AC297A

split-complementary

#AC9D29 #297AAC #5C29AC

monochromatic

#494311 #7B701D #AC9D29 #D2C141 #DDD172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AC9D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AC9D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D29

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D29	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b96c',
    500: '#ac9d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d29;
$custom-light: #c8b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D29

secondary

#6C76C5

accent

#56E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D29

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

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