#AC9D41#AC9D41

#AC9D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.114 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D41
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 62.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -5.92, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 49.19, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0199 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.114 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0256, 33.2675, 9.8397)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D41 #4150AC

analogous

#AC6841 #AC9D41 #86AC41

triadic

#AC9D41 #41AC9D #9D41AC

tetradic

#AC9D41 #41AC68 #4150AC #AC4186

square

#AC9D41 #41AC68 #4150AC #AC4186

split-complementary

#AC9D41 #4186AC #6841AC

monochromatic

#534C1F #807430 #AC9D41 #C5B865 #D6CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AC9D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AC9D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D41

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D41	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.114 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b979',
    500: '#ac9d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d41;
$custom-light: #c7b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.589,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69088,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D41

secondary

#8890C1

accent

#65D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D41

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

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