#ACB21A#ACB21A

#ACB21A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.157 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB21A
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 26)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 85.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -18.65, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 70.27, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0593 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.157 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1213, 40.6869, 7.0857)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB21A #201AB2

analogous

#B26C1A #ACB21A #60B21A

triadic

#ACB21A #1AACB2 #B21AAC

tetradic

#ACB21A #1AB26C #201AB2 #B21A60

square

#ACB21A #1AB26C #201AB2 #B21A60

split-complementary

#ACB21A #1A60B2 #6C1AB2

monochromatic

#45470A #787D12 #ACB21A #D9E029 #E2E85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ACB21A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#ACB21A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB21A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB21A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB21A	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)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb21a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.157 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c869',
    500: '#acb21a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb21a;
$custom-light: #c9c869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb21a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.368,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB21A

secondary

#605CCC

accent

#37F13E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB21A

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

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