#ACAB23#ACAB23

#ACAB23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAB23
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -14.81, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 65.53, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.048 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.147 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8808, 38.0188, 7.2488)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAB23 #2324AC

analogous

#AC6623 #ACAB23 #68AC23

triadic

#ACAB23 #23ACAB #AB23AC

tetradic

#ACAB23 #23AC66 #2324AC #AC2368

square

#ACAB23 #23AC66 #2324AC #AC2368

split-complementary

#ACAB23 #2368AC #6623AC

monochromatic

#46460E #797819 #ACAB23 #D6D536 #E0E069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACAB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ACAB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAB23

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAB23	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acab23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#acab23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acab23;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acab23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71936,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAB23

secondary

#6465C6

accent

#40E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAB23

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

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