#AC9E29#AC9E29

#AC9E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E29
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 41)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -7.79, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 59.22, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0279 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6417, 33.3858, 6.9801)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E29 #2937AC

analogous

#AC5D29 #AC9E29 #79AC29

triadic

#AC9E29 #29AC9E #9E29AC

tetradic

#AC9E29 #29AC5D #2937AC #AC2979

square

#AC9E29 #29AC5D #2937AC #AC2979

split-complementary

#AC9E29 #2979AC #5D29AC

monochromatic

#494311 #7B711D #AC9E29 #D2C241 #DDD272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AC9E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AC9E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E29

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E29	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba6c',
    500: '#ac9e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e29;
$custom-light: #c8ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69107,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E29

secondary

#6C76C5

accent

#54E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E29

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

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