#AC9F33#AC9F33

#AC9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9F33
RGB	rgb(172, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 70.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -7.84, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 55.85, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.027 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0102, 33.8072, 8.0760)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9F33 #3340AC

analogous

#AC6233 #AC9F33 #7CAC33

triadic

#AC9F33 #33AC9F #9F33AC

tetradic

#AC9F33 #33AC62 #3340AC #AC337C

square

#AC9F33 #33AC62 #3340AC #AC337C

split-complementary

#AC9F33 #337CAC #6233AC

monochromatic

#4E4817 #7D7325 #AC9F33 #CBBE51 #D9D080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AC9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#AC9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9F33

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9F33	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb71',
    500: '#ac9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9f33;
$custom-light: #c8bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69395,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9F33

secondary

#7880C2

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9F33

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

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