#AC9E37#AC9E37

#AC9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.122 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E37
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -7.09, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 53.88, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0244 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.122 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9310, 33.5015, 8.5035)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E37 #3745AC

analogous

#AC6437 #AC9E37 #7FAC37

triadic

#AC9E37 #37AC9E #9E37AC

tetradic

#AC9E37 #37AC64 #3745AC #AC377F

square

#AC9E37 #37AC64 #3745AC #AC377F

split-complementary

#AC9E37 #377FAC #6437AC

monochromatic

#4F4919 #7E7328 #AC9E37 #C9BC57 #D8CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AC9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AC9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E37

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E37	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.122 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ba74',
    500: '#ac9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e37;
$custom-light: #c8ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6921,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E37

secondary

#7D85C2

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E37

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

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