#AC9D5B#AC9D5B

#AC9D5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.088 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9D5B
RGB	rgb(172, 157, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 47.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -3.72, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 36.55, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0106 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.088 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9594, 33.6411, 14.7581)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9D5B #5B6AAC

analogous

#AC755B #AC9D5B #93AC5B

triadic

#AC9D5B #5BAC9D #9D5BAC

tetradic

#AC9D5B #5BAC75 #5B6AAC #AC5B93

square

#AC9D5B #5BAC75 #5B6AAC #AC5B93

split-complementary

#AC9D5B #5B93AC #755BAC

monochromatic

#5D552F #867A44 #AC9D5B #C1B584 #D5CEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AC9D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AC9D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9D5B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9D5B	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 157, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.088 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b98b',
    500: '#ac9d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9d5b;
$custom-light: #c6b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 32.794,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69423,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9D5B

secondary

#A0A6C3

accent

#73C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9D5B

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

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