#AC9F28#AC9F28

#AC9F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.133 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9F28
RGB	rgb(172, 159, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -8.36, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 59.88, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0296 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.133 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7958, 33.7214, 6.9465)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9F28 #2835AC

analogous

#AC5D28 #AC9F28 #77AC28

triadic

#AC9F28 #28AC9F #9F28AC

tetradic

#AC9F28 #28AC5D #2835AC #AC2877

square

#AC9F28 #28AC5D #2835AC #AC2877

split-complementary

#AC9F28 #2877AC #5D28AC

monochromatic

#494311 #7A711C #AC9F28 #D2C43F #DED371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AC9F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#AC9F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9F28

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9F28	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 159, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.133 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6c',
    500: '#ac9f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9f28;
$custom-light: #c9bb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69319,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9F28

secondary

#6B74C5

accent

#53E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9F28

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

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