#ACAA96#ACAA96

#ACAA96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.028 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA96
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 12%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 13%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 12.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -2.82, 10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 10.95, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.006 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.028 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8925, 39.7224, 34.5719)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA96 #9698AC

analogous

#AC9F96 #ACAA96 #A3AC96

triadic

#ACAA96 #96ACAA #AA96AC

tetradic

#ACAA96 #96AC9F #9698AC #AC96A3

square

#ACAA96 #96AC9F #9698AC #AC96A3

split-complementary

#ACAA96 #96A3AC #9F96AC

monochromatic

#6F6D58 #918E74 #ACAA96 #C7C6B8 #E2E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ACAA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA96

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA96	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.028 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3b4',
    500: '#acaa96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa96;
$custom-light: #c4c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 11.702,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7341,
    "c": 0.0281,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA96

secondary

#CBCCD3

accent

#569650

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA96

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

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