#AC9D36#AC9D36
#AC9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AC9D36 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(172, 157, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 52%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 69%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.6%, 32.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.28, -6.62, 53.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.28, 53.95, 97.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.99% -0.0232 0.1201) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.99% 0.122 100.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.7374, 33.1522, 8.3219) |
| Luminance | 0.3315 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.81
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.57
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.62
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.72
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.78
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 6.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AC9D36 #3645AC
analogous
#AC6236 #AC9D36 #80AC36
triadic
#AC9D36 #36AC9D #9D36AC
tetradic
#AC9D36 #36AC62 #3645AC #AC3680
square
#AC9D36 #36AC62 #3645AC #AC3680
split-complementary
#AC9D36 #3680AC #6236AC
monochromatic
#4F4819 #7D7227 #AC9D36 #CABB55 #D8CE84
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.75
#AC9D36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.63
#AC9D36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AC9D36
7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AC9D36 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AC9D36 | 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)
#AC9828
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B99288
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ac9d36; /* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 100.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c8b973',
500: '#ac9d36',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ac9d36; $custom-light: #c8b973; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ac9d36",
"rgb": {
"r": 172,
"g": 157,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.373,
"s": 52.212,
"l": 44.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68985,
"c": 0.12235,
"h": 100.9
},
"luminance": 0.33151
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AC9D36
secondary
#7C85C2
accent
#5EDC4C
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#141108
muted
#82807B