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#AC9502 — Vivid Yellow

#AC9502 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color DarkGoldenRod (#B8860B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgoldenrod (#B8860B) — not an exact match. CSS darkgoldenrod gives you #B8860B, a different color; use #AC9502 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AC9502 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0218AC; it also sits naturally between #AC4002 and #6DAC02. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AC9502 · RGB 172, 149, 2

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Color values

HEX#AC9502
RGB172, 149, 2
HSL52°, 98%, 34%
HSV52°, 99%, 67%
CMYK0%, 13%, 99%, 33%
XYZ27.77, 30.27, 4.44
Yxy30.27, 0.4445, 0.4845
CIE-Lab61.89, -3.93, 65.47
Hunter Lab55.02, -3.29, 31.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 58% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 99% · Key 33%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AC9502 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AC9502 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AC9502

.text { color: #AC9502; }
.background { background-color: #AC9502; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AC9502; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(172, 149, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 98%, 34%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AC9502; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(172, 149, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AC9502; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(172, 149, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AC9502">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AC9502">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AC9502

#9D8802#8D7B01#7E6E01#6F6001#605301#514601#423901#322C01#231F00#141200

Tints of #AC9502

#CAAF02#E8CA02#FDDD12#FDE230#FDE64E#FEEA6D#FEEE8B#FEF4AE#FEF8CD#FFFCEB

Tones of #AC9502

#A08C0E#93831A#877A26#7B7132#6F693E#63604B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0218AC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.98:1 Fails
Against black text7.05:1 AAA

Best text color on #AC9502: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AC9502

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AC9502: ·

How #AC9502 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A2A226Deuteranopia · #A3A52ETritanopia · #AB4248

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind yellow 600 · #CA8A04Tailwind amber 600 · #D97706Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AC9502 rather than the exact color:

Golden Whisper
#AC9C12 · #D5EB46 · #1E33E7 · #CBC8F6
Vivid Meadow
#821929 · #56290C · #9F9810 · #325510
Velvet Ruby Mirage
#B41B44 · #A62618 · #AB5911 · #B29919
Honey Drift
#916822 · #9E9B16 · #B4E05B · #77D24B
Wild Monsoon
#A4800E · #F3DF6A · #1345E2 · #B5B7F4
Royal Orchard
#DF991B · #999E11 · #3D610E · #39CD1B

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#AC9C12#9F9810#B29919#9E9B16#A4800E#999E11#A9A417#A98214#B58515#9D8C16#C19215#B1991F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AC9501  ·  #AC9503 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AC9502?

#AC9502 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 172, 149, 2). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AC9502?

#AC9502 is RGB 172, 149, 2 — HSL 52°, 98%, 34% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 99%, 33%.

What colors go with #AC9502?

Its complement is #0218AC; analogous partners are #AC4002 and #6DAC02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AC9502 for text?

Black text on #AC9502 has a contrast ratio of 7.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.98:1.