#ACAA8B#ACAA8B

#ACAA8B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.043 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA8B
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 139)
HSL	hsl(56, 17%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 19.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -4.58, 16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 16.91, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0107 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.043 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0479, 39.3846, 30.1241)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA8B #8B8DAC

analogous

#AC998B #ACAA8B #9DAC8B

triadic

#ACAA8B #8BACAA #AA8BAC

tetradic

#ACAA8B #8BAC99 #8B8DAC #AC8B9D

square

#ACAA8B #8BAC99 #8B8DAC #AC8B9D

split-complementary

#ACAA8B #8B9DAC #998BAC

monochromatic

#6E6C4F #928F68 #ACAA8B #C6C4AF #DFDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACAA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA8B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA8B	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.043 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3ad',
    500: '#acaa8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa8b;
$custom-light: #c5c3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 16.583,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.04306,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA8B

secondary

#C3C4D0

accent

#509B4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA8B

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

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