#ACA896#ACA896

#ACA896 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.026 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA896
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 12.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -1.74, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 9.97, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.003 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.026 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5204, 38.9783, 34.4479)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA896 #969AAC

analogous

#AC9D96 #ACA896 #A5AC96

triadic

#ACA896 #96ACA8 #A896AC

tetradic

#ACA896 #96AC9D #969AAC #AC96A5

square

#ACA896 #96AC9D #969AAC #AC96A5

split-complementary

#ACA896 #96A5AC #9D96AC

monochromatic

#6F6B58 #918C74 #ACA896 #C7C4B8 #E2E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACA896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#ACA896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA896

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA896	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.026 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1b4',
    500: '#aca896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca896;
$custom-light: #c4c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.02569,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA896

secondary

#CBCCD3

accent

#5C9650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA896

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

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