#AC9F37#AC9F37

#AC9F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9F37
RGB	rgb(172, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -7.62, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 54.24, 98.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0259 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1022, 33.8440, 8.5606)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9F37 #3744AC

analogous

#AC6437 #AC9F37 #7FAC37

triadic

#AC9F37 #37AC9F #9F37AC

tetradic

#AC9F37 #37AC64 #3744AC #AC377F

square

#AC9F37 #37AC64 #3744AC #AC377F

split-complementary

#AC9F37 #377FAC #6437AC

monochromatic

#4F4919 #7E7428 #AC9F37 #C9BD57 #D8CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AC9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#AC9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9F37

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9F37	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb74',
    500: '#ac9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9f37;
$custom-light: #c8bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69428,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9F37

secondary

#7D85C2

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9F37

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

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