#ACAE9C#ACAE9C

#ACAE9C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.025 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE9C
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 156)
HSL	hsl(67, 10%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(67, 10%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -3.96, 9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 9.83, 113.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0095 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.025 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1493, 41.4432, 37.4356)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE9C #9E9CAE

analogous

#AEA79C #ACAE9C #A3AE9C

triadic

#ACAE9C #9CACAE #AE9CAC

tetradic

#ACAE9C #9CAEA7 #9E9CAE #AE9CA3

square

#ACAE9C #9CAEA7 #9E9CAE #AE9CA3

split-complementary

#ACAE9C #9CA3AE #A79CAE

monochromatic

#70725D #90927A #ACAE9C #C8CABE #E4E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ACAE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#ACAE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE9C

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE9C	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.025 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6b9',
    500: '#acae9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae9c;
$custom-light: #c4c6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74413,
    "c": 0.0253,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE9C

secondary

#D0D0D6

accent

#519459

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE9C

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

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