#ACB238#ACB238

#ACB238 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	#ACB238
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -17.43, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 61.17, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0534 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.142 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6485, 40.8977, 9.8621)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB238 #3E38B2

analogous

#B27B38 #ACB238 #6FB238

triadic

#ACB238 #38ACB2 #B238AC

tetradic

#ACB238 #38B27B #3E38B2 #B2386F

square

#ACB238 #38B27B #3E38B2 #B2386F

split-complementary

#ACB238 #386FB2 #7B38B2

monochromatic

#52551B #7F8329 #ACB238 #C6CC5C #D6DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#ACB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB238

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB238	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)

#BFAA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.142 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c876',
    500: '#acb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb238;
$custom-light: #c8c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.951,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73628,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB238

secondary

#8581C5

accent

#4CDC53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB238

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

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