#ACB437#ACB437

#ACB437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.145 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB437
RGB	rgb(172, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -18.50, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 62.38, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0565 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.145 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.0251, 41.6897, 9.8682)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB437 #3F37B4

analogous

#B47D37 #ACB437 #6DB437

triadic

#ACB437 #37ACB4 #B437AC

tetradic

#ACB437 #37B47D #3F37B4 #B4376D

square

#ACB437 #37B47D #3F37B4 #B4376D

split-complementary

#ACB437 #376DB4 #7D37B4

monochromatic

#52561A #7F8529 #ACB437 #C6CD5B #D6DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ACB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#ACB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB437

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB437	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.145 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca76',
    500: '#acb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb437;
$custom-light: #c8ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.84,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.41689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB437

secondary

#8681C6

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB437

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

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