#ACB23E#ACB23E

#ACB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB23E
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -17.07, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 58.82, 106.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0518 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.137 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8041, 40.9600, 10.6818)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB23E #443EB2

analogous

#B27E3E #ACB23E #72B23E

triadic

#ACB23E #3EACB2 #B23EAC

tetradic

#ACB23E #3EB27E #443EB2 #B23E72

square

#ACB23E #3EB27E #443EB2 #B23E72

split-complementary

#ACB23E #3E72B2 #7E3EB2

monochromatic

#54571E #80852E #ACB23E #C4C964 #D5D992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ACB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ACB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB23E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB23E	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BFAA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c879',
    500: '#acb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb23e;
$custom-light: #c8c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.103,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73677,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB23E

secondary

#8B88C4

accent

#50D857

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB23E

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

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