#AC9E44#AC9E44

#AC9E44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E44
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -6.24, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 48.18, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0205 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.112 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2847, 33.6430, 10.3662)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E44 #4452AC

analogous

#AC6A44 #AC9E44 #86AC44

triadic

#AC9E44 #44AC9E #9E44AC

tetradic

#AC9E44 #44AC6A #4452AC #AC4486

square

#AC9E44 #44AC6A #4452AC #AC4486

split-complementary

#AC9E44 #4486AC #6A44AC

monochromatic

#544D21 #807633 #AC9E44 #C4B869 #D5CD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AC9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#AC9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E44

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E44	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba7b',
    500: '#ac9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e44;
$custom-light: #c7ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69337,
    "c": 0.11195,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E44

secondary

#8B92C1

accent

#66D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E44

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

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