#ACA899#ACA899

#ACA899 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.022 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA899
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 11%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -1.24, 8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 8.35, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0017 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.022 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7651, 39.0762, 35.7365)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA899 #999DAC

analogous

#AC9E99 #ACA899 #A6AC99

triadic

#ACA899 #99ACA8 #A899AC

tetradic

#ACA899 #99AC9E #999DAC #AC99A6

square

#ACA899 #99AC9E #999DAC #AC99A6

split-complementary

#ACA899 #99A6AC #9E99AC

monochromatic

#706B5B #918B77 #ACA899 #C7C5BB #E3E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ACA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA899

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA899	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.022 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1b7',
    500: '#aca899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca899;
$custom-light: #c4c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 10.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73066,
    "c": 0.02162,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA899

secondary

#CDCED4

accent

#5F9451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA899

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

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