#AC9D2E#AC9D2E

#AC9D2E 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 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D2E
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -7.03, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 57.09, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0252 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5647, 33.0832, 7.4126)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D2E #2E3DAC

analogous

#AC5E2E #AC9D2E #7CAC2E

triadic

#AC9D2E #2EAC9D #9D2EAC

tetradic

#AC9D2E #2EAC5E #2E3DAC #AC2E7C

square

#AC9D2E #2EAC5E #2E3DAC #AC2E7C

split-complementary

#AC9D2E #2E7CAC #5E2EAC

monochromatic

#4B4514 #7C7121 #AC9D2E #CEBE49 #DBD079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AC9D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AC9D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D2E

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D2E	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)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b96f',
    500: '#ac9d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d2e;
$custom-light: #c8b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68923,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D2E

secondary

#727CC3

accent

#59E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D2E

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

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