#ACAB2A#ACAB2A

#ACAB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.143 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAB2A
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -14.54, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 63.39, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0467 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.143 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9953, 38.0646, 7.8519)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAB2A #2A2BAC

analogous

#AC6A2A #ACAB2A #6CAC2A

triadic

#ACAB2A #2AACAB #AB2AAC

tetradic

#ACAB2A #2AAC6A #2A2BAC #AC2A6C

square

#ACAB2A #2AAC6A #2A2BAC #AC2A6C

split-complementary

#ACAB2A #2A6CAC #6A2AAC

monochromatic

#4A4912 #7B7A1E #ACAB2A #D1D042 #DDDC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACAB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#ACAB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAB2A

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAB2A	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.143 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36e',
    500: '#acab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acab2a;
$custom-light: #c8c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAB2A

secondary

#6D6EC4

accent

#45E444

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAB2A

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

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