#AC9D38#AC9D38

#AC9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D38
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -6.50, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 53.12, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0226 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7853, 33.1714, 8.5744)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D38 #3847AC

analogous

#AC6338 #AC9D38 #81AC38

triadic

#AC9D38 #38AC9D #9D38AC

tetradic

#AC9D38 #38AC63 #3847AC #AC3881

square

#AC9D38 #38AC63 #3847AC #AC3881

split-complementary

#AC9D38 #3881AC #6338AC

monochromatic

#50491A #7E7329 #AC9D38 #C9BA58 #D8CD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AC9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AC9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D38

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D38	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)

#AB992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b974',
    500: '#ac9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d38;
$custom-light: #c8b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69002,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D38

secondary

#7E87C2

accent

#60DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D38

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

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