#AC9E69#AC9E69

#AC9E69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.073 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9E69
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 105)
HSL	hsl(47, 29%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 39%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 39%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -2.74, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 29.69, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0065 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.073 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7905, 34.2453, 18.2973)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9E69 #6977AC

analogous

#AC7D69 #AC9E69 #99AC69

triadic

#AC9E69 #69AC9E #9E69AC

tetradic

#AC9E69 #69AC7D #6977AC #AC6999

square

#AC9E69 #69AC7D #6977AC #AC6999

split-complementary

#AC9E69 #6999AC #7D69AC

monochromatic

#645A37 #8B7E4D #AC9E69 #C2B790 #D8D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#AC9E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#AC9E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9E69

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9E69	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89B65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.073 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba94',
    500: '#ac9e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9e69;
$custom-light: #c6ba94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 28.755,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69871,
    "c": 0.07309,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9E69

secondary

#AAB0C7

accent

#77C563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9E69

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

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