#ACAE96#ACAE96

#ACAE96 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.034 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE96
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(65, 13%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 14%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -4.97, 12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 13.08, 112.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0121 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.034 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6537, 41.2450, 34.8257)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE96 #9896AE

analogous

#AEA496 #ACAE96 #A0AE96

triadic

#ACAE96 #96ACAE #AE96AC

tetradic

#ACAE96 #96AEA4 #9896AE #AE96A0

square

#ACAE96 #96AEA4 #9896AE #AE96A0

split-complementary

#ACAE96 #96A0AE #A496AE

monochromatic

#707258 #919373 #ACAE96 #C7C9B9 #E3E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ACAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#ACAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE96

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE96	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.034 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6b4',
    500: '#acae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae96;
$custom-light: #c4c6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 12.903,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.03353,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE96

secondary

#CCCCD4

accent

#4E9755

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE96

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

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