#ACAA8E#ACAA8E

#ACAA8E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.039 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA8E
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -4.11, 14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 15.29, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0094 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.039 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2701, 39.4735, 31.2944)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA8E #8E90AC

analogous

#AC9B8E #ACAA8E #9FAC8E

triadic

#ACAA8E #8EACAA #AA8EAC

tetradic

#ACAA8E #8EAC9B #8E90AC #AC8E9F

square

#ACAA8E #8EAC9B #8E90AC #AC8E9F

split-complementary

#ACAA8E #8E9FAC #9B8EAC

monochromatic

#6E6D51 #928F6B #ACAA8E #C6C5B1 #E0DFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ACAA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA8E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA8E	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)

#AFA88C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.039 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c3af',
    500: '#acaa8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa8e;
$custom-light: #c5c3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7321,
    "c": 0.03901,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA8E

secondary

#C5C6D0

accent

#519A4C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA8E

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

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