#ACAE97#ACAE97

#ACAE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.032 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE97
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(65, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -4.80, 11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 12.54, 112.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0116 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.032 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7346, 41.2773, 35.2516)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE97 #9997AE

analogous

#AEA497 #ACAE97 #A0AE97

triadic

#ACAE97 #97ACAE #AE97AC

tetradic

#ACAE97 #97AEA4 #9997AE #AE97A0

square

#ACAE97 #97AEA4 #9997AE #AE97A0

split-complementary

#ACAE97 #97A0AE #A497AE

monochromatic

#707259 #919375 #ACAE97 #C7C9B9 #E3E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ACAE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#ACAE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE97

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE97	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.032 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6b5',
    500: '#acae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae97;
$custom-light: #c4c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 12.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74284,
    "c": 0.03217,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE97

secondary

#CDCCD4

accent

#4F9755

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE97

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

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