#ACB53B#ACB53B

#ACB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.143 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB53B
RGB	rgb(172, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -18.77, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 61.28, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0569 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.143 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3275, 42.1349, 10.4614)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB53B #443BB5

analogous

#B5813B #ACB53B #6FB53B

triadic

#ACB53B #3BACB5 #B53BAC

tetradic

#ACB53B #3BB581 #443BB5 #B53B6F

square

#ACB53B #3BB581 #443BB5 #B53B6F

split-complementary

#ACB53B #3B6FB5 #813BB5

monochromatic

#54591D #80872C #ACB53B #C4CC62 #D5DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ACB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#ACB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB53B

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB53B	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)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.143 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cb78',
    500: '#acb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb53b;
$custom-light: #c8cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.426,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74323,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB53B

secondary

#8B86C6

accent

#4DDA58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB53B

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

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