#ACB256#ACB256

#ACB256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB256
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(64, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -15.24, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 48.22, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0441 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.116 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6140, 41.2840, 14.9475)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB256 #5C56B2

analogous

#B28A56 #ACB256 #7EB256

triadic

#ACB256 #56ACB2 #B256AC

tetradic

#ACB256 #56B28A #5C56B2 #B2567E

square

#ACB256 #56B28A #5C56B2 #B2567E

split-complementary

#ACB256 #567EB2 #8A56B2

monochromatic

#5E612C #868B3F #ACB256 #C1C580 #D5D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ACB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#ACB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB256

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB256	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c888',
    500: '#acb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb256;
$custom-light: #c7c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.913,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73931,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB256

secondary

#A09EC6

accent

#5ACD62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB256

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

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