#ACAE79#ACAE79

#ACAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.072 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE79
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 25%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -9.28, 27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 28.59, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0244 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.072 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6006, 40.4237, 24.0126)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE79 #7B79AE

analogous

#AE9579 #ACAE79 #91AE79

triadic

#ACAE79 #79ACAE #AE79AC

tetradic

#ACAE79 #79AE95 #7B79AE #AE7991

square

#ACAE79 #79AE95 #7B79AE #AE7991

split-complementary

#ACAE79 #7991AE #9579AE

monochromatic

#6A6C41 #909258 #ACAE79 #C4C59F #DBDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ACAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#ACAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE79

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE79	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.072 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6a0',
    500: '#acae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae79;
$custom-light: #c5c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 24.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73612,
    "c": 0.07172,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE79

secondary

#B8B7CC

accent

#67C16A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE79

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

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