#AC9E2D#AC9E2D

#AC9E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.129 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E2D
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -7.61, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 57.79, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.027 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(29.7151, 33.4151, 7.3667)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E2D #2D3BAC

analogous

#AC5F2D #AC9E2D #7AAC2D

triadic

#AC9E2D #2DAC9E #9E2DAC

tetradic

#AC9E2D #2DAC5F #2D3BAC #AC2D7A

square

#AC9E2D #2DAC5F #2D3BAC #AC2D7A

split-complementary

#AC9E2D #2D7AAC #5F2DAC

monochromatic

#4B4514 #7B7120 #AC9E2D #CFC047 #DCD178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AC9E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AC9E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E2D

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E2D	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)

#AD9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba6e',
    500: '#ac9e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e2d;
$custom-light: #c8ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69133,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.33414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E2D

secondary

#717AC4

accent

#57E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E2D

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

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