#AC9D45#AC9D45

#AC9D45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D45
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 59.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -5.64, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 47.35, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0186 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1456, 33.3155, 10.4717)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D45 #4554AC

analogous

#AC6945 #AC9D45 #88AC45

triadic

#AC9D45 #45AC9D #9D45AC

tetradic

#AC9D45 #45AC69 #4554AC #AC4588

square

#AC9D45 #45AC69 #4554AC #AC4588

split-complementary

#AC9D45 #4588AC #6945AC

monochromatic

#554D22 #807533 #AC9D45 #C4B76B #D5CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AC9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AC9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D45

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D45	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b97c',
    500: '#ac9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d45;
$custom-light: #c7b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69132,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D45

secondary

#8C94C1

accent

#68D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D45

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

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