#ACB23D#ACB23D

#ACB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB23D
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -17.14, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 59.22, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0521 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.138 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7769, 40.9491, 10.5387)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB23D #433DB2

analogous

#B27E3D #ACB23D #72B23D

triadic

#ACB23D #3DACB2 #B23DAC

tetradic

#ACB23D #3DB27E #433DB2 #B23D72

square

#ACB23D #3DB27E #433DB2 #B23D72

split-complementary

#ACB23D #3D72B2 #7E3DB2

monochromatic

#54571E #80842D #ACB23D #C4C963 #D5D990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ACB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB23D

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB23D	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)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c879',
    500: '#acb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb23d;
$custom-light: #c8c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73669,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB23D

secondary

#8A87C4

accent

#4FD956

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB23D

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

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