#AC9E4E#AC9E4E

#AC9E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.103 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E4E
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 54.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -5.46, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 43.44, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.017 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.103 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6163, 33.7756, 12.1129)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E4E #4E5CAC

analogous

#AC6F4E #AC9E4E #8BAC4E

triadic

#AC9E4E #4EAC9E #9E4EAC

tetradic

#AC9E4E #4EAC6F #4E5CAC #AC4E8B

square

#AC9E4E #4EAC6F #4E5CAC #AC4E8B

split-complementary

#AC9E4E #4E8BAC #6F4EAC

monochromatic

#585128 #82773B #AC9E4E #C1B676 #D4CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AC9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AC9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E4E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E4E	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.103 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba82',
    500: '#ac9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e4e;
$custom-light: #c7ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69455,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E4E

secondary

#959BC1

accent

#6BCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E4E

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

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