#ACA99D#ACA99D

#ACA99D is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.017 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA99D
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(48, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 8.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -1.09, 6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 6.66, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0016 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.017 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2863, 39.5812, 37.5674)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA99D #9DA0AC

analogous

#ACA29D #ACA99D #A8AC9D

triadic

#ACA99D #9DACA9 #A99DAC

tetradic

#ACA99D #9DACA2 #9DA0AC #AC9DA8

square

#ACA99D #9DACA2 #9DA0AC #AC9DA8

split-complementary

#ACA99D #9DA8AC #A29DAC

monochromatic

#706C5F #908C7C #ACA99D #C8C6BE #E4E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACA99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA99D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA99D	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.017 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2b9',
    500: '#aca99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca99d;
$custom-light: #c4c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 8.287,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73385,
    "c": 0.01727,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA99D

secondary

#D0D1D5

accent

#609253

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA99D

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

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