#ACAA9B#ACAA9B

#ACAA9B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.021 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA9B
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 155)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 9.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -1.98, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 8.23, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0039 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.021 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3037, 39.8869, 36.7377)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA9B #9B9DAC

analogous

#ACA29B #ACAA9B #A6AC9B

triadic

#ACAA9B #9BACAA #AA9BAC

tetradic

#ACAA9B #9BACA2 #9B9DAC #AC9BA6

square

#ACAA9B #9BACA2 #9B9DAC #AC9BA6

split-complementary

#ACAA9B #9BA6AC #A29BAC

monochromatic

#706E5D #908E7A #ACAA9B #C8C6BC #E4E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ACAA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#ACAA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA9B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA9B	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.021 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3b8',
    500: '#acaa9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa9b;
$custom-light: #c4c3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 9.29,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73541,
    "c": 0.02121,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA9B

secondary

#CECFD4

accent

#5A9352

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA9B

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

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