#ACB72A#ACB72A

#ACB72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.155 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB72A
RGB	rgb(172, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -20.62, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 67.98, 107.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0636 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.155 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3657, 42.8055, 8.6420)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB72A #352AB7

analogous

#B77C2A #ACB72A #66B72A

triadic

#ACB72A #2AACB7 #B72AAC

tetradic

#ACB72A #2AB77C #352AB7 #B72A66

square

#ACB72A #2AB77C #352AB7 #B72A66

split-complementary

#ACB72A #2A66B7 #7C2AB7

monochromatic

#4E5313 #7D851F #ACB72A #CAD549 #D9E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#ACB72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#ACB72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB72A

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB72A	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.155 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc70',
    500: '#acb72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb72a;
$custom-light: #c8cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74659,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB72A

secondary

#7B74C9

accent

#42E64F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB72A

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

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