#AC9D34#AC9D34

#AC9D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D34
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -6.73, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 54.77, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0237 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(29.6914, 33.1338, 8.0797)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D34 #3443AC

analogous

#AC6134 #AC9D34 #7FAC34

triadic

#AC9D34 #34AC9D #9D34AC

tetradic

#AC9D34 #34AC61 #3443AC #AC347F

square

#AC9D34 #34AC61 #3443AC #AC347F

split-complementary

#AC9D34 #347FAC #6134AC

monochromatic

#4E4718 #7D7226 #AC9D34 #CBBC52 #D9CE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AC9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AC9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D34

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D34	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b972',
    500: '#ac9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d34;
$custom-light: #c8b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68968,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.33133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D34

secondary

#7983C2

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D34

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

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