#ACB242#ACB242

#ACB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB242
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -16.81, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 57.18, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0507 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.134 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9179, 41.0055, 11.2813)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB242 #4842B2

analogous

#B28042 #ACB242 #74B242

triadic

#ACB242 #42ACB2 #B242AC

tetradic

#ACB242 #42B280 #4842B2 #B24274

square

#ACB242 #42B280 #4842B2 #B24274

split-complementary

#ACB242 #4274B2 #8042B2

monochromatic

#565921 #818531 #ACB242 #C3C86A #D5D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ACB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#ACB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB242

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB242	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c87c',
    500: '#acb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb242;
$custom-light: #c7c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73713,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB242

secondary

#8F8CC4

accent

#52D659

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB242

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

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