#ACB235#ACB235

#ACB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.144 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB235
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -17.59, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 62.29, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0542 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.144 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5773, 40.8693, 9.4873)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB235 #3B35B2

analogous

#B27935 #ACB235 #6DB235

triadic

#ACB235 #35ACB2 #B235AC

tetradic

#ACB235 #35B279 #3B35B2 #B2356D

square

#ACB235 #35B279 #3B35B2 #B2356D

split-complementary

#ACB235 #356DB2 #7935B2

monochromatic

#515419 #7E8327 #ACB235 #C7CD57 #D7DB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ACB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB235

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB235	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)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.144 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c874',
    500: '#acb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb235;
$custom-light: #c8c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.88,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB235

secondary

#817EC5

accent

#4ADD51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB235

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

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