#ACB23B#ACB23B

#ACB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.140 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB23B
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -17.26, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 60.02, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0526 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.14 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7241, 40.9280, 10.2602)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB23B #413BB2

analogous

#B27D3B #ACB23B #71B23B

triadic

#ACB23B #3BACB2 #B23BAC

tetradic

#ACB23B #3BB27D #413BB2 #B23B71

square

#ACB23B #3BB27D #413BB2 #B23B71

split-complementary

#ACB23B #3B71B2 #7D3BB2

monochromatic

#53561D #80842C #ACB23B #C5CA60 #D6DA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ACB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB23B

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB23B	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.140 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c878',
    500: '#acb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb23b;
$custom-light: #c8c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.025,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73652,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB23B

secondary

#8885C4

accent

#4EDA55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB23B

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

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