#AC9E31#AC9E31

#AC9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E31
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -7.42, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 56.29, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.026 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7958, 33.4474, 7.7917)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E31 #313FAC

analogous

#AC6031 #AC9E31 #7CAC31

triadic

#AC9E31 #31AC9E #9E31AC

tetradic

#AC9E31 #31AC60 #313FAC #AC317C

square

#AC9E31 #31AC60 #313FAC #AC317C

split-complementary

#AC9E31 #317CAC #6031AC

monochromatic

#4D4616 #7C7223 #AC9E31 #CCBE4E #DAD07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AC9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AC9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E31

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E31	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba70',
    500: '#ac9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e31;
$custom-light: #c8ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69162,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E31

secondary

#767FC3

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E31

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →