#AC9E33#AC9E33

#AC9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E33
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 70.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -7.31, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 55.51, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0255 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8390, 33.4647, 8.0189)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E33 #3341AC

analogous

#AC6133 #AC9E33 #7DAC33

triadic

#AC9E33 #33AC9E #9E33AC

tetradic

#AC9E33 #33AC61 #3341AC #AC337D

square

#AC9E33 #33AC61 #3341AC #AC337D

split-complementary

#AC9E33 #337DAC #6133AC

monochromatic

#4E4717 #7D7325 #AC9E33 #CBBD51 #D9CF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AC9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AC9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E33

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E33	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)

#AD9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba71',
    500: '#ac9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e33;
$custom-light: #c8ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69178,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E33

secondary

#7881C2

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E33

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →