#ACAA9D#ACAA9D

#ACAA9D is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.018 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA9D
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 157)
HSL	hsl(52, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 8.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -1.63, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 7.14, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0031 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.018 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4730, 39.9547, 37.6297)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA9D #9D9FAC

analogous

#ACA39D #ACAA9D #A7AC9D

triadic

#ACAA9D #9DACAA #AA9DAC

tetradic

#ACAA9D #9DACA3 #9D9FAC #AC9DA7

square

#ACAA9D #9DACA3 #9D9FAC #AC9DA7

split-complementary

#ACAA9D #9DA7AC #A39DAC

monochromatic

#706E5F #908D7C #ACAA9D #C8C7BE #E4E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ACAA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#ACAA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA9D

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA9D	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.018 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3b9',
    500: '#acaa9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa9d;
$custom-light: #c4c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 8.287,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73595,
    "c": 0.01844,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA9D

secondary

#D0D1D5

accent

#5C9253

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA9D

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

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