#ACB72D#ACB72D
#ACB72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.154 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ACB72D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(172, 183, 45) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 61%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 75%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 75.4%, 28.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.44, -20.49, 63.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.44, 67.05, 107.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.68% -0.063 0.1403) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.68% 0.154 114.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.4214, 42.8278, 8.9354) |
| Luminance | 0.4283 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.01
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.20
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.58
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.69
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.72
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ACB72D #382DB7
analogous
#B77D2D #ACB72D #67B72D
triadic
#ACB72D #2DACB7 #B72DAC
tetradic
#ACB72D #2DB77D #382DB7 #B72D67
square
#ACB72D #2DB77D #382DB7 #B72D67
split-complementary
#ACB72D #2D67B7 #7D2DB7
monochromatic
#505515 #7E8621 #ACB72D #C9D34E #D8DF7F
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#ACB72D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.57
#ACB72D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ACB72D
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ACB72D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ACB72D | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.57 | 9.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5AE0B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B039
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B8AC9D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #acb72d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 183, 45); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.154 114.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c8cc71',
500: '#acb72d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #acb72d; $custom-light: #c8cc71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#acb72d",
"rgb": {
"r": 172,
"g": 183,
"b": 45
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.783,
"s": 60.526,
"l": 44.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74676,
"c": 0.15379,
"h": 114.2
},
"luminance": 0.42827
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ACB72D
secondary
#7E78C8
accent
#44E451
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8ED
border
#D2D1C8
text
#141308
muted
#82827B