#ACAA99#ACAA99

#ACAA99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.024 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA99
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 11%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -2.32, 9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 9.32, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0048 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.024 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1371, 39.8203, 35.8605)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA99 #999BAC

analogous

#ACA099 #ACAA99 #A4AC99

triadic

#ACAA99 #99ACAA #AA99AC

tetradic

#ACAA99 #99ACA0 #999BAC #AC99A4

square

#ACAA99 #99ACA0 #999BAC #AC99A4

split-complementary

#ACAA99 #99A4AC #A099AC

monochromatic

#706E5B #918E77 #ACAA99 #C7C6BB #E3E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ACAA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#ACAA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA99

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA99	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.024 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3b7',
    500: '#acaa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa99;
$custom-light: #c4c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 10.27,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.02397,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA99

secondary

#CDCED4

accent

#589451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA99

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

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