#ACB596#ACB596

#ACB596 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.044 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB596
RGB	rgb(172, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(77, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(77, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -8.68, 14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 17.12, 120.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0225 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.044 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0415, 44.0204, 35.2883)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB596 #9F96B5

analogous

#B5AE96 #ACB596 #9DB596

triadic

#ACB596 #96ACB5 #B596AC

tetradic

#ACB596 #96B5AE #9F96B5 #B5969D

square

#ACB596 #96B5AE #9F96B5 #B5969D

split-complementary

#ACB596 #969DB5 #AE96B5

monochromatic

#707A56 #909C72 #ACB596 #C8CEBA #E5E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#ACB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#ACB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB596

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB596	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.044 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cbb5',
    500: '#acb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb596;
$custom-light: #c4cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.419,
    "s": 17.318,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.04413,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB596

secondary

#D1CED9

accent

#4A9C62

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121311

muted

#818280

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB596

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

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