#ACAB36#ACAB36

#ACAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.136 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAB36
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -13.96, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 59.12, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0439 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.136 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2431, 38.1638, 9.1572)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAB36 #3637AC

analogous

#AC7036 #ACAB36 #72AC36

triadic

#ACAB36 #36ACAB #AB36AC

tetradic

#ACAB36 #36AC70 #3637AC #AC3672

square

#ACAB36 #36AC70 #3637AC #AC3672

split-complementary

#ACAB36 #3672AC #7036AC

monochromatic

#4F4E19 #7D7D27 #ACAB36 #CAC955 #D8D884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ACAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAB36

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAB36	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.136 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c374',
    500: '#acab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acab36;
$custom-light: #c8c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72055,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAB36

secondary

#7C7CC2

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAB36

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

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