#ACB438#ACB438

#ACB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.144 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB438
RGB	rgb(172, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -18.44, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 62.00, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0563 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.144 113)
XYZ	xyz(34.0493, 41.6994, 9.9958)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB438 #4038B4

analogous

#B47E38 #ACB438 #6EB438

triadic

#ACB438 #38ACB4 #B438AC

tetradic

#ACB438 #38B47E #4038B4 #B4386E

square

#ACB438 #38B47E #4038B4 #B4386E

split-complementary

#ACB438 #386EB4 #7E38B4

monochromatic

#53571B #7F8529 #ACB438 #C5CD5D #D6DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ACB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#ACB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB438

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB438	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)

#C1AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.144 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca76',
    500: '#acb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb438;
$custom-light: #c8ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74076,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.41699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB438

secondary

#8782C5

accent

#4CDC55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB438

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

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