#ACB542#ACB542

#ACB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.138 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB542
RGB	rgb(172, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 63.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -18.33, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 58.49, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0549 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.138 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5214, 42.2124, 11.4825)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB542 #4B42B5

analogous

#B58442 #ACB542 #72B542

triadic

#ACB542 #42ACB5 #B542AC

tetradic

#ACB542 #42B584 #4B42B5 #B54272

square

#ACB542 #42B584 #4B42B5 #B54272

split-complementary

#ACB542 #4272B5 #8442B5

monochromatic

#575B21 #818832 #ACB542 #C2C96B #D4D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#ACB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#ACB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB542

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB542	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.138 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cb7c',
    500: '#acb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb542;
$custom-light: #c7cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.696,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74383,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB542

secondary

#928EC5

accent

#52D65C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB542

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

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