#ACB159#ACB159

#ACB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.112 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB159
RGB	rgb(172, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -14.45, 44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 46.32, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0416 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.112 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5392, 40.9369, 15.5314)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB159 #5E59B1

analogous

#B18A59 #ACB159 #80B159

triadic

#ACB159 #59ACB1 #B159AC

tetradic

#ACB159 #59B18A #5E59B1 #B15980

square

#ACB159 #59B18A #5E59B1 #B15980

split-complementary

#ACB159 #5980B1 #8A59B1

monochromatic

#5F622E #878B41 #ACB159 #C1C583 #D6D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ACB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB159

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB159	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.112 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c88a',
    500: '#acb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb159;
$custom-light: #c6c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.409,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB159

secondary

#A2A0C6

accent

#5CCC62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB159

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

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