#AC9D2D#AC9D2D

#AC9D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D2D
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, -7.08, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 57.47, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0254 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5452, 33.0754, 7.3100)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D2D #2D3CAC

analogous

#AC5D2D #AC9D2D #7CAC2D

triadic

#AC9D2D #2DAC9D #9D2DAC

tetradic

#AC9D2D #2DAC5D #2D3CAC #AC2D7C

square

#AC9D2D #2DAC5D #2D3CAC #AC2D7C

split-complementary

#AC9D2D #2D7CAC #5D2DAC

monochromatic

#4B4414 #7B7120 #AC9D2D #CFBF47 #DCD078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AC9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#AC9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D2D

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D2D	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)

#AC9819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b96e',
    500: '#ac9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d2d;
$custom-light: #c8b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68916,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D2D

secondary

#717BC4

accent

#58E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D2D

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

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