#AC9E41#AC9E41

#AC9E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E41
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, -6.46, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 49.55, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0214 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1954, 33.6073, 9.8963)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E41 #414FAC

analogous

#AC6941 #AC9E41 #85AC41

triadic

#AC9E41 #41AC9E #9E41AC

tetradic

#AC9E41 #41AC69 #414FAC #AC4185

square

#AC9E41 #41AC69 #414FAC #AC4185

split-complementary

#AC9E41 #4185AC #6941AC

monochromatic

#534C1F #807530 #AC9E41 #C5B865 #D6CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AC9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AC9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E41

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E41	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba7a',
    500: '#ac9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e41;
$custom-light: #c7ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69305,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E41

secondary

#888FC1

accent

#64D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E41

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

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