#ACAC9A#ACAC9A

#ACAC9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.025 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC9A
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -3.23, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 9.81, 109.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0074 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.025 107)
XYZ	xyz(37.5978, 40.6090, 36.4232)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC9A #9A9AAC

analogous

#ACA39A #ACAC9A #A3AC9A

triadic

#ACAC9A #9AACAC #AC9AAC

tetradic

#ACAC9A #9AACA3 #9A9AAC #AC9AA3

square

#ACAC9A #9AACA3 #9A9AAC #AC9AA3

split-complementary

#ACAC9A #9AA3AC #A39AAC

monochromatic

#70705C #909078 #ACAC9A #C8C8BC #E3E3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ACAC9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#ACAC9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC9A

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC9A	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.025 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4b7',
    500: '#acac9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac9a;
$custom-light: #c4c4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.783,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73937,
    "c": 0.02522,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.40609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC9A

secondary

#CECED4

accent

#529452

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC9A

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

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