#AC9D3D#AC9D3D

#AC9D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D3D
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -6.19, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 50.97, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0211 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9138, 33.2228, 9.2509)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D3D #3D4CAC

analogous

#AC653D #AC9D3D #83AC3D

triadic

#AC9D3D #3DAC9D #9D3DAC

tetradic

#AC9D3D #3DAC65 #3D4CAC #AC3D83

square

#AC9D3D #3DAC65 #3D4CAC #AC3D83

split-complementary

#AC9D3D #3D83AC #653DAC

monochromatic

#524B1D #7F742D #AC9D3D #C7B960 #D7CD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AC9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AC9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D3D

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D3D	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)

#AB9931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b977',
    500: '#ac9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d3d;
$custom-light: #c8b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69048,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D3D

secondary

#848CC1

accent

#63D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D3D

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

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