#ACAE87#ACAE87

#ACAE87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.054 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE87
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(63, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -7.32, 19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 21.15, 110.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0184 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.054 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5223, 40.7924, 28.8667)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE87 #8987AE

analogous

#AE9C87 #ACAE87 #98AE87

triadic

#ACAE87 #87ACAE #AE87AC

tetradic

#ACAE87 #87AE9C #8987AE #AE8798

square

#ACAE87 #87AE9C #8987AE #AE8798

split-complementary

#ACAE87 #8798AE #9C87AE

monochromatic

#6E6F4B #919464 #ACAE87 #C5C7AC #DFDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACAE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#ACAE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE87

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE87	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.054 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6aa',
    500: '#acae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae87;
$custom-light: #c5c6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73904,
    "c": 0.05369,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE87

secondary

#C2C1D0

accent

#489E4C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE87

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

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