#AC9E59#AC9E59

#AC9E59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.091 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E59
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 48.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -4.46, 37.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 37.96, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0129 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.091 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0442, 33.9468, 14.3664)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E59 #5967AC

analogous

#AC7459 #AC9E59 #90AC59

triadic

#AC9E59 #59AC9E #9E59AC

tetradic

#AC9E59 #59AC74 #5967AC #AC5990

square

#AC9E59 #59AC74 #5967AC #AC5990

split-complementary

#AC9E59 #5990AC #7459AC

monochromatic

#5C552E #857A43 #AC9E59 #C0B682 #D5CEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AC9E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#AC9E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E59

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E59	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.091 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba89',
    500: '#ac9e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e59;
$custom-light: #c6ba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.88,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69607,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E59

secondary

#9EA4C3

accent

#70C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E59

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

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