#ACB231#ACB231

#ACB231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.146 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB231
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -17.80, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 63.72, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0551 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.146 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4891, 40.8340, 9.0228)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB231 #3731B2

analogous

#B27831 #ACB231 #6BB231

triadic

#ACB231 #31ACB2 #B231AC

tetradic

#ACB231 #31B278 #3731B2 #B2316B

square

#ACB231 #31B278 #3731B2 #B2316B

split-complementary

#ACB231 #316BB2 #7831B2

monochromatic

#4F5217 #7E8224 #ACB231 #C9CF51 #D8DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ACB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB231

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB231	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.146 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c872',
    500: '#acb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb231;
$custom-light: #c8c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB231

secondary

#7D79C5

accent

#48E04F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB231

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

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