#ACB559#ACB559

#ACB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.117 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB559
RGB	rgb(172, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -16.50, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 48.23, 110.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0474 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.117 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3409, 42.5402, 15.7986)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB559 #6259B5

analogous

#B59059 #ACB559 #7EB559

triadic

#ACB559 #59ACB5 #B559AC

tetradic

#ACB559 #59B590 #6259B5 #B5597E

square

#ACB559 #59B590 #6259B5 #B5597E

split-complementary

#ACB559 #597EB5 #9059B5

monochromatic

#61662E #899040 #ACB559 #C1C883 #D6DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ACB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#ACB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB559

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB559	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.117 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb8a',
    500: '#acb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb559;
$custom-light: #c6cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.87,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74635,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB559

secondary

#A5A1C9

accent

#5ACE65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB559

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

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