#ACAA97#ACAA97

#ACAA97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.027 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA97
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 12.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -2.65, 10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 10.40, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0056 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.027 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9733, 39.7548, 34.9978)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA97 #9799AC

analogous

#AC9F97 #ACAA97 #A3AC97

triadic

#ACAA97 #97ACAA #AA97AC

tetradic

#ACAA97 #97AC9F #9799AC #AC97A3

square

#ACAA97 #97AC9F #9799AC #AC97A3

split-complementary

#ACAA97 #97A3AC #9F97AC

monochromatic

#706D59 #918E75 #ACAA97 #C7C6B9 #E2E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#ACAA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA97

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA97	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.027 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3b5',
    500: '#acaa97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa97;
$custom-light: #c4c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 11.23,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73435,
    "c": 0.02673,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA97

secondary

#CCCCD3

accent

#579550

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA97

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

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