#ACB531#ACB531

#ACB531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.149 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB531
RGB	rgb(172, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 72.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -19.31, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 64.93, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0593 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.149 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0925, 42.0409, 9.2239)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB531 #3A31B5

analogous

#B57C31 #ACB531 #6AB531

triadic

#ACB531 #31ACB5 #B531AC

tetradic

#ACB531 #31B57C #3A31B5 #B5316A

square

#ACB531 #31B57C #3A31B5 #B5316A

split-complementary

#ACB531 #316AB5 #7C31B5

monochromatic

#505517 #7E8524 #ACB531 #C8D053 #D7DD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ACB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#ACB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB531

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB531	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.149 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb73',
    500: '#acb531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb531;
$custom-light: #c8cb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB531

secondary

#807BC7

accent

#47E152

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB531

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

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