#AC9D32#AC9D32

#AC9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D32
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, -6.83, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 55.56, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0242 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.125 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6473, 33.1162, 7.8474)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D32 #3241AC

analogous

#AC6032 #AC9D32 #7EAC32

triadic

#AC9D32 #32AC9D #9D32AC

tetradic

#AC9D32 #32AC60 #3241AC #AC327E

square

#AC9D32 #32AC60 #3241AC #AC327E

split-complementary

#AC9D32 #327EAC #6032AC

monochromatic

#4D4616 #7D7224 #AC9D32 #CCBD4F #DACF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AC9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#AC9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D32

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D32	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	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)

#AC9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b971',
    500: '#ac9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d32;
$custom-light: #c8b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68953,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D32

secondary

#7780C3

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D32

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

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