#AC9E2A#AC9E2A

#AC9E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E2A
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -7.75, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 58.87, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0276 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6594, 33.3929, 7.0732)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E2A #2A38AC

analogous

#AC5D2A #AC9E2A #79AC2A

triadic

#AC9E2A #2AAC9E #9E2AAC

tetradic

#AC9E2A #2AAC5D #2A38AC #AC2A79

square

#AC9E2A #2AAC5D #2A38AC #AC2A79

split-complementary

#AC9E2A #2A79AC #5D2AAC

monochromatic

#4A4412 #7B711E #AC9E2A #D1C242 #DDD273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AC9E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AC9E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E2A

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E2A	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba6d',
    500: '#ac9e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e2a;
$custom-light: #c8ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69113,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E2A

secondary

#6D77C4

accent

#55E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E2A

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

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