#ACA688#ACA688

#ACA688 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.042 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA688
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 136)
HSL	hsl(50, 18%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 21%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 20.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -2.89, 16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 16.60, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0058 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.042 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0933, 37.8212, 28.7393)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA688 #888EAC

analogous

#AC9488 #ACA688 #A0AC88

triadic

#ACA688 #88ACA6 #A688AC

tetradic

#ACA688 #88AC94 #888EAC #AC88A0

square

#ACA688 #88AC94 #888EAC #AC88A0

split-complementary

#ACA688 #88A0AC #9488AC

monochromatic

#6D684C #918A65 #ACA688 #C5C1AC #DEDCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACA688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ACA688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA688

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA688	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.042 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c0aa',
    500: '#aca688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca688;
$custom-light: #c5c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 17.822,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72217,
    "c": 0.04225,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA688

secondary

#C1C3CF

accent

#579C49

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA688

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

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