#ACB237#ACB237

#ACB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.142 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB237
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -17.49, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 61.55, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0537 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.142 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6243, 40.8881, 9.7346)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB237 #3D37B2

analogous

#B27A37 #ACB237 #6EB237

triadic

#ACB237 #37ACB2 #B237AC

tetradic

#ACB237 #37B27A #3D37B2 #B2376E

square

#ACB237 #37B27A #3D37B2 #B2376E

split-complementary

#ACB237 #376EB2 #7A37B2

monochromatic

#52541A #7F8329 #ACB237 #C7CC5A #D7DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ACB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB237

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB237	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)

#BFAA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.142 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c875',
    500: '#acb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb237;
$custom-light: #c8c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73621,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB237

secondary

#8480C5

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB237

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

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