#ACAA9C#ACAA9C

#ACAA9C is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.020 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA9C
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 9.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -1.81, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 7.69, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0035 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.02 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3880, 39.9207, 37.1819)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA9C #9C9EAC

analogous

#ACA29C #ACAA9C #A6AC9C

triadic

#ACAA9C #9CACAA #AA9CAC

tetradic

#ACAA9C #9CACA2 #9C9EAC #AC9CA6

square

#ACAA9C #9CACA2 #9C9EAC #AC9CA6

split-complementary

#ACAA9C #9CA6AC #A29CAC

monochromatic

#706E5E #908D7B #ACAA9C #C8C7BD #E4E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ACAA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#ACAA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA9C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA9C	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)

#ADA99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.020 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3b9',
    500: '#acaa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa9c;
$custom-light: #c4c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73568,
    "c": 0.01982,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA9C

secondary

#CFD0D5

accent

#5B9353

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA9C

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

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