#AC9D2A#AC9D2A

#AC9D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D2A
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -7.22, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 58.55, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0261 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4895, 33.0531, 7.0166)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D2A #2A39AC

analogous

#AC5C2A #AC9D2A #7AAC2A

triadic

#AC9D2A #2AAC9D #9D2AAC

tetradic

#AC9D2A #2AAC5C #2A39AC #AC2A7A

square

#AC9D2A #2AAC5C #2A39AC #AC2A7A

split-complementary

#AC9D2A #2A7AAC #5C2AAC

monochromatic

#4A4312 #7B701E #AC9D2A #D1C042 #DDD173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AC9D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AC9D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D2A

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D2A	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)

#AC9813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b96d',
    500: '#ac9d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d2a;
$custom-light: #c8b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68896,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D2A

secondary

#6D78C4

accent

#56E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D2A

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

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