#ACB149#ACB149

#ACB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.127 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB149
RGB	rgb(172, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -15.81, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 53.73, 107.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0471 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.127 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9389, 40.6967, 12.3695)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB149 #4E49B1

analogous

#B18249 #ACB149 #78B149

triadic

#ACB149 #49ACB1 #B149AC

tetradic

#ACB149 #49B182 #4E49B1 #B14978

square

#ACB149 #49B182 #4E49B1 #B14978

split-complementary

#ACB149 #4978B1 #8249B1

monochromatic

#585A25 #828637 #ACB149 #C1C572 #D4D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ACB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#ACB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB149

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB149	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.127 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c880',
    500: '#acb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb149;
$custom-light: #c7c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.885,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73559,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB149

secondary

#9592C3

accent

#56D15C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB149

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

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