#ACAA8A#ACAA8A

#ACAA8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.044 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA8A
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 20%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 19.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -4.73, 16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 17.45, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0111 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.044 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9752, 39.3555, 29.7410)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA8A #8A8CAC

analogous

#AC998A #ACAA8A #9DAC8A

triadic

#ACAA8A #8AACAA #AA8AAC

tetradic

#ACAA8A #8AAC99 #8A8CAC #AC8A9D

square

#ACAA8A #8AAC99 #8A8CAC #AC8A9D

split-complementary

#ACAA8A #8A9DAC #998AAC

monochromatic

#6E6C4E #928F67 #ACAA8A #C5C4AE #DFDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ACAA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA8A

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA8A	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.044 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3ac',
    500: '#acaa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa8a;
$custom-light: #c5c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 17,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.04439,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA8A

secondary

#C2C3CF

accent

#4F9B4A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA8A

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

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