#AC9D3B#AC9D3B

#AC9D3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D3B
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 65.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -6.32, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 51.84, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0217 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8609, 33.2017, 8.9725)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D3B #3B4AAC

analogous

#AC643B #AC9D3B #83AC3B

triadic

#AC9D3B #3BAC9D #9D3BAC

tetradic

#AC9D3B #3BAC64 #3B4AAC #AC3B83

square

#AC9D3B #3BAC64 #3B4AAC #AC3B83

split-complementary

#AC9D3B #3B83AC #643BAC

monochromatic

#514A1C #7E732B #AC9D3B #C7B95D #D7CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AC9D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AC9D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D3B

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D3B	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b976',
    500: '#ac9d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d3b;
$custom-light: #c8b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69029,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D3B

secondary

#818AC1

accent

#62D84F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D3B

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

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