#AC9F2D#AC9F2D

#AC9F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9F2D
RGB	rgb(172, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -8.14, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 58.13, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0284 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.13 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8864, 33.7577, 7.4238)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9F2D #2D3AAC

analogous

#AC5F2D #AC9F2D #7AAC2D

triadic

#AC9F2D #2DAC9F #9F2DAC

tetradic

#AC9F2D #2DAC5F #2D3AAC #AC2D7A

square

#AC9F2D #2DAC5F #2D3AAC #AC2D7A

split-complementary

#AC9F2D #2D7AAC #5F2DAC

monochromatic

#4B4514 #7B7220 #AC9F2D #CFC147 #DCD178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AC9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#AC9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9F2D

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9F2D	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)

#AE9A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb6e',
    500: '#ac9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9f2d;
$custom-light: #c8bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69351,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9F2D

secondary

#717AC4

accent

#56E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9F2D

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

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