#ACAB38#ACAB38

#ACAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAB38
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -13.85, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 58.34, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0434 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.134 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2911, 38.1830, 9.4097)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAB38 #3839AC

analogous

#AC7138 #ACAB38 #73AC38

triadic

#ACAB38 #38ACAB #AB38AC

tetradic

#ACAB38 #38AC71 #3839AC #AC3873

square

#ACAB38 #38AC71 #3839AC #AC3873

split-complementary

#ACAB38 #3873AC #7138AC

monochromatic

#504F1A #7E7D29 #ACAB38 #C9C858 #D8D787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ACAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAB38

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAB38	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c375',
    500: '#acab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acab38;
$custom-light: #c8c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72071,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAB38

secondary

#7E7FC2

accent

#4FDA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAB38

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

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