#ACAE8A#ACAE8A

#ACAE8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.050 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE8A
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(63, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(63, 21%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -6.87, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 19.54, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0171 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.05 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7365, 40.8781, 29.9948)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE8A #8C8AAE

analogous

#AE9E8A #ACAE8A #9AAE8A

triadic

#ACAE8A #8AACAE #AE8AAC

tetradic

#ACAE8A #8AAE9E #8C8AAE #AE8A9A

square

#ACAE8A #8AAE9E #8C8AAE #AE8A9A

split-complementary

#ACAE8A #8A9AAE #9E8AAE

monochromatic

#6E704E #929467 #ACAE8A #C6C7AE #DFE0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACAE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ACAE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE8A

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE8A	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.050 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6ac',
    500: '#acae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae8a;
$custom-light: #c5c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73971,
    "c": 0.04972,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE8A

secondary

#C4C3D1

accent

#499C4E

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#131310

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE8A

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

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