#ACB459#ACB459

#ACB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB459
RGB	rgb(172, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -15.99, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 47.75, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0459 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.116 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1383, 42.1350, 15.7311)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB459 #6159B4

analogous

#B48F59 #ACB459 #7EB459

triadic

#ACB459 #59ACB4 #B459AC

tetradic

#ACB459 #59B48F #6159B4 #B4597E

square

#ACB459 #59B48F #6159B4 #B4597E

split-complementary

#ACB459 #597EB4 #8F59B4

monochromatic

#60652E #888F41 #ACB459 #C1C783 #D6DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ACB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#ACB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB459

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB459	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca8a',
    500: '#acb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb459;
$custom-light: #c6ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.275,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74413,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB459

secondary

#A4A1C8

accent

#5ACE64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB459

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

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