#AC9D3E#AC9D3E

#AC9D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D3E
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -6.13, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 50.53, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0208 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9409, 33.2337, 9.3941)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D3E #3E4DAC

analogous

#AC663E #AC9D3E #84AC3E

triadic

#AC9D3E #3EAC9D #9D3EAC

tetradic

#AC9D3E #3EAC66 #3E4DAC #AC3E84

square

#AC9D3E #3EAC66 #3E4DAC #AC3E84

split-complementary

#AC9D3E #3E84AC #663EAC

monochromatic

#524B1E #7F742E #AC9D3E #C6B861 #D6CC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AC9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AC9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D3E

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D3E	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b978',
    500: '#ac9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d3e;
$custom-light: #c8b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69058,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D3E

secondary

#858DC1

accent

#63D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D3E

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

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