#ACB255#ACB255

#ACB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.117 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB255
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -15.33, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 48.69, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0445 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.117 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5740, 41.2680, 14.7368)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB255 #5B55B2

analogous

#B28A55 #ACB255 #7EB255

triadic

#ACB255 #55ACB2 #B255AC

tetradic

#ACB255 #55B28A #5B55B2 #B2557E

square

#ACB255 #55B28A #5B55B2 #B2557E

split-complementary

#ACB255 #557EB2 #8A55B2

monochromatic

#5D612C #868B3F #ACB255 #C1C57F #D5D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ACB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#ACB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB255

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB255	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.117 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c887',
    500: '#acb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb255;
$custom-light: #c7c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73919,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB255

secondary

#A09DC6

accent

#5ACE62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB255

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

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