#AC9F34#AC9F34

#AC9F34 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	#AC9F34
RGB	rgb(172, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 69.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -7.79, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 55.45, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0267 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0325, 33.8161, 8.1934)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9F34 #3441AC

analogous

#AC6334 #AC9F34 #7DAC34

triadic

#AC9F34 #34AC9F #9F34AC

tetradic

#AC9F34 #34AC63 #3441AC #AC347D

square

#AC9F34 #34AC63 #3441AC #AC347D

split-complementary

#AC9F34 #347DAC #6334AC

monochromatic

#4E4818 #7D7426 #AC9F34 #CBBE52 #D9D081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#AC9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#AC9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9F34

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9F34	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)

#AE9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb72',
    500: '#ac9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9f34;
$custom-light: #c8bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9F34

secondary

#7981C2

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9F34

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

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