#ACB227#ACB227

#ACB227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.152 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB227
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -18.23, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 66.94, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0572 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.152 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3010, 40.7588, 8.0321)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB227 #2D27B2

analogous

#B27327 #ACB227 #66B227

triadic

#ACB227 #27ACB2 #B227AC

tetradic

#ACB227 #27B273 #2D27B2 #B22766

square

#ACB227 #27B273 #2D27B2 #B22766

split-complementary

#ACB227 #2766B2 #7327B2

monochromatic

#4B4E11 #7B801C #ACB227 #CFD541 #DCE073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#ACB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB227

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB227	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.152 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c86e',
    500: '#acb227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb227;
$custom-light: #c8c86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.59,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73519,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB227

secondary

#716DC8

accent

#41E748

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB227

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

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