#ACAA9A#ACAA9A

#ACAA9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.023 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA9A
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 154)
HSL	hsl(53, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 10.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -2.15, 8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 8.77, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0043 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.023 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2201, 39.8535, 36.2973)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA9A #9A9CAC

analogous

#ACA19A #ACAA9A #A5AC9A

triadic

#ACAA9A #9AACAA #AA9AAC

tetradic

#ACAA9A #9AACA1 #9A9CAC #AC9AA5

square

#ACAA9A #9AACA1 #9A9CAC #AC9AA5

split-complementary

#ACAA9A #9AA5AC #A19AAC

monochromatic

#706E5C #908E78 #ACAA9A #C8C6BC #E3E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ACAA9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#ACAA9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA9A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA9A	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.023 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3b7',
    500: '#acaa9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa9a;
$custom-light: #c4c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 9.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73514,
    "c": 0.02259,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA9A

secondary

#CECED4

accent

#599452

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA9A

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

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