#ACAE4E#ACAE4E

#ACAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE4E
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 55.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -13.87, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 50.13, 106.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0411 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.119 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5253, 39.5936, 13.0825)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE4E #504EAE

analogous

#AE804E #ACAE4E #7CAE4E

triadic

#ACAE4E #4EACAE #AE4EAC

tetradic

#ACAE4E #4EAE80 #504EAE #AE4E7C

square

#ACAE4E #4EAE80 #504EAE #AE4E7C

split-complementary

#ACAE4E #4E7CAE #804EAE

monochromatic

#585928 #82843B #ACAE4E #C1C277 #D4D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE4E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE4E	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c683',
    500: '#acae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae4e;
$custom-light: #c7c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7295,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE4E

secondary

#9796C2

accent

#5ACE5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE4E

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

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