#ACB240#ACB240

#ACB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.136 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB240
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -16.95, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 58.01, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0513 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.136 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8600, 40.9824, 10.9762)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB240 #4640B2

analogous

#B27F40 #ACB240 #73B240

triadic

#ACB240 #40ACB2 #B240AC

tetradic

#ACB240 #40B27F #4640B2 #B24073

square

#ACB240 #40B27F #4640B2 #B24073

split-complementary

#ACB240 #4073B2 #7F40B2

monochromatic

#555820 #818530 #ACB240 #C3C867 #D5D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ACB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#ACB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB240

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB240	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.136 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c87a',
    500: '#acb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb240;
$custom-light: #c7c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73695,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB240

secondary

#8D8AC4

accent

#51D758

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB240

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

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