#ACAB31#ACAB31

#ACAB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.139 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAB31
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -14.22, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 60.98, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0451 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.139 109)
XYZ	xyz(32.1317, 38.1192, 8.5703)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAB31 #3132AC

analogous

#AC6D31 #ACAB31 #6FAC31

triadic

#ACAB31 #31ACAB #AB31AC

tetradic

#ACAB31 #31AC6D #3132AC #AC316F

square

#ACAB31 #31AC6D #3132AC #AC316F

split-complementary

#ACAB31 #316FAC #6D31AC

monochromatic

#4D4C16 #7C7C23 #ACAB31 #CCCB4E #DAD97D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACAB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#ACAB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAB31

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAB31	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.139 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c372',
    500: '#acab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acab31;
$custom-light: #c8c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.38118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAB31

secondary

#7677C3

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAB31

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

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