#AC9E2E#AC9E2E

#AC9E2E 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	#AC9E2E
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -7.57, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 57.42, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0267 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(29.7346, 33.4229, 7.4693)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E2E #2E3CAC

analogous

#AC5F2E #AC9E2E #7BAC2E

triadic

#AC9E2E #2EAC9E #9E2EAC

tetradic

#AC9E2E #2EAC5F #2E3CAC #AC2E7B

square

#AC9E2E #2EAC5F #2E3CAC #AC2E7B

split-complementary

#AC9E2E #2E7BAC #5F2EAC

monochromatic

#4B4514 #7C7221 #AC9E2E #CEBF49 #DBD079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AC9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#AC9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E2E

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E2E	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)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba6f',
    500: '#ac9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e2e;
$custom-light: #c8ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6914,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.33422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E2E

secondary

#727BC3

accent

#58E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E2E

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

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