#ACB236#ACB236

#ACB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.143 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB236
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -17.54, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 61.92, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0539 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.143 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6005, 40.8786, 9.6097)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB236 #3C36B2

analogous

#B27A36 #ACB236 #6EB236

triadic

#ACB236 #36ACB2 #B236AC

tetradic

#ACB236 #36B27A #3C36B2 #B2366E

square

#ACB236 #36B27A #3C36B2 #B2366E

split-complementary

#ACB236 #366EB2 #7A36B2

monochromatic

#51541A #7F8328 #ACB236 #C7CD59 #D7DB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ACB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB236

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB236	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.143 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c875',
    500: '#acb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb236;
$custom-light: #c8c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.903,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB236

secondary

#827FC5

accent

#4BDD52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB236

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

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