#AC9E2B#AC9E2B

#AC9E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E2B
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -7.70, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 58.52, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0274 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6775, 33.4001, 7.1687)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E2B #2B39AC

analogous

#AC5D2B #AC9E2B #7AAC2B

triadic

#AC9E2B #2BAC9E #9E2BAC

tetradic

#AC9E2B #2BAC5D #2B39AC #AC2B7A

square

#AC9E2B #2BAC5D #2B39AC #AC2B7A

split-complementary

#AC9E2B #2B7AAC #5D2BAC

monochromatic

#4A4413 #7B711F #AC9E2B #D0C144 #DCD175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AC9E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AC9E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E2B

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E2B	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba6d',
    500: '#ac9e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e2b;
$custom-light: #c8ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6912,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E2B

secondary

#6F78C4

accent

#56E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E2B

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

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