#AC9F2B#AC9F2B

#AC9F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.131 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9F2B
RGB	rgb(172, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -8.23, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 58.84, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0289 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8488, 33.7426, 7.2258)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9F2B #2B38AC

analogous

#AC5E2B #AC9F2B #79AC2B

triadic

#AC9F2B #2BAC9F #9F2BAC

tetradic

#AC9F2B #2BAC5E #2B38AC #AC2B79

square

#AC9F2B #2BAC5E #2B38AC #AC2B79

split-complementary

#AC9F2B #2B79AC #5E2BAC

monochromatic

#4A4413 #7B721F #AC9F2B #D0C244 #DCD275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AC9F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AC9F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9F2B

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9F2B	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)

#AE9A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb6d',
    500: '#ac9f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9f2b;
$custom-light: #c8bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69338,
    "c": 0.13132,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9F2B

secondary

#6F77C4

accent

#55E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9F2B

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

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