#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
RGBrgb(172, 159, 55)
HSLhsl(53, 52%, 45%)
HSVhsv(53, 68%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.6%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(64.84, -7.62, 53.70)
CIE-LCHlch(64.84, 54.24, 98.08°)
OKLaboklab(69.43% -0.0259 0.1206)
OKLCHoklch(69.43% 0.123 102.1)
XYZxyz(30.1022, 33.8440, 8.5606)
Luminance0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##AC9F371.002.707.777.77
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7721.001.001.00
##0000007.7721.001.001.00

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

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#AC9F37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva