#AC9D35#AC9D35

#AC9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D35
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -6.67, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 54.36, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0234 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(29.7141, 33.1429, 8.1995)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D35 #3544AC

analogous

#AC6235 #AC9D35 #80AC35

triadic

#AC9D35 #35AC9D #9D35AC

tetradic

#AC9D35 #35AC62 #3544AC #AC3580

square

#AC9D35 #35AC62 #3544AC #AC3580

split-complementary

#AC9D35 #3580AC #6235AC

monochromatic

#4E4818 #7D7227 #AC9D35 #CABB54 #D9CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AC9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AC9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D35

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D35	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)

#AC9826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b972',
    500: '#ac9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d35;
$custom-light: #c8b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68977,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.33142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D35

secondary

#7B84C2

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D35

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

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