#ACAE9A#ACAE9A

#ACAE9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.028 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE9A
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 154)
HSL	hsl(66, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 11%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 11.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -4.30, 10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 10.92, 113.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0104 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.028 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9813, 41.3760, 36.5510)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE9A #9C9AAE

analogous

#AEA69A #ACAE9A #A2AE9A

triadic

#ACAE9A #9AACAE #AE9AAC

tetradic

#ACAE9A #9AAEA6 #9C9AAE #AE9AA2

square

#ACAE9A #9AAEA6 #9C9AAE #AE9AA2

split-complementary

#ACAE9A #9AA2AE #A69AAE

monochromatic

#70725C #909378 #ACAE9A #C8C9BC #E4E4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ACAE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#ACAE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE9A

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE9A	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.028 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6b7',
    500: '#acae9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae9a;
$custom-light: #c4c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 10.989,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.02805,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE9A

secondary

#CFCED5

accent

#509557

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE9A

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

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