#AC9F2C#AC9F2C

#AC9F2C 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	#AC9F2C
RGB	rgb(172, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -8.19, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 58.49, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0287 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8674, 33.7501, 7.3236)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9F2C #2C39AC

analogous

#AC5F2C #AC9F2C #79AC2C

triadic

#AC9F2C #2CAC9F #9F2CAC

tetradic

#AC9F2C #2CAC5F #2C39AC #AC2C79

square

#AC9F2C #2CAC5F #2C39AC #AC2C79

split-complementary

#AC9F2C #2C79AC #5F2CAC

monochromatic

#4B4513 #7B7220 #AC9F2C #D0C246 #DCD276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AC9F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AC9F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9F2C

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9F2C	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)

#AE9A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb6e',
    500: '#ac9f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9f2c;
$custom-light: #c8bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69344,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9F2C

secondary

#7078C4

accent

#55E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9F2C

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

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