#AC9D2C#AC9D2C

#AC9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D2C
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -7.13, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 57.83, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0257 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5262, 33.0678, 7.2098)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D2C #2C3BAC

analogous

#AC5D2C #AC9D2C #7BAC2C

triadic

#AC9D2C #2CAC9D #9D2CAC

tetradic

#AC9D2C #2CAC5D #2C3BAC #AC2C7B

square

#AC9D2C #2CAC5D #2C3BAC #AC2C7B

split-complementary

#AC9D2C #2C7BAC #5D2CAC

monochromatic

#4B4413 #7B7120 #AC9D2C #D0BF46 #DCD076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AC9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AC9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D2C

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D2C	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)

#AC9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b96e',
    500: '#ac9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d2c;
$custom-light: #c8b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68909,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D2C

secondary

#707AC4

accent

#58E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D2C

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

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