#ACAA8D#ACAA8D

#ACAA8D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.040 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA8D
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 141)
HSL	hsl(56, 16%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 18%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -4.27, 15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 15.83, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0098 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.04 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1954, 39.4436, 30.9007)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA8D #8D8FAC

analogous

#AC9B8D #ACAA8D #9FAC8D

triadic

#ACAA8D #8DACAA #AA8DAC

tetradic

#ACAA8D #8DAC9B #8D8FAC #AC8D9F

square

#ACAA8D #8DAC9B #8D8FAC #AC8D9F

split-complementary

#ACAA8D #8D9FAC #9B8DAC

monochromatic

#6E6C50 #928F6A #ACAA8D #C6C4B0 #E0DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ACAA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA8D

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA8D	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.040 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3ae',
    500: '#acaa8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa8d;
$custom-light: #c5c3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 15.736,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73186,
    "c": 0.04036,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA8D

secondary

#C5C5D0

accent

#519A4C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA8D

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

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