#ACB440#ACB440

#ACB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.138 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB440
RGB	rgb(172, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -17.96, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 58.87, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0541 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.138 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2608, 41.7840, 11.1098)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB440 #4840B4

analogous

#B48240 #ACB440 #72B440

triadic

#ACB440 #40ACB4 #B440AC

tetradic

#ACB440 #40B482 #4840B4 #B44072

square

#ACB440 #40B482 #4840B4 #B44072

split-complementary

#ACB440 #4072B4 #8240B4

monochromatic

#565A20 #818730 #ACB440 #C3C968 #D5D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#ACB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#ACB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB440

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB440	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.138 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca7b',
    500: '#acb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb440;
$custom-light: #c8ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74141,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB440

secondary

#8F8BC5

accent

#51D75A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB440

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

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