#ACB738#ACB738

#ACB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.147 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB738
RGB	rgb(172, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -19.95, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 63.26, 108.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0605 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.147 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6615, 42.9238, 10.1998)
Luminance	0.4292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB738 #4338B7

analogous

#B78338 #ACB738 #6DB738

triadic

#ACB738 #38ACB7 #B738AC

tetradic

#ACB738 #38B783 #4338B7 #B7386D

square

#ACB738 #38B783 #4338B7 #B7386D

split-complementary

#ACB738 #386DB7 #8338B7

monochromatic

#54591B #80882A #ACB738 #C4CE5E #D5DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#ACB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#ACB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB738

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB738	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.147 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cc77',
    500: '#acb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb738;
$custom-light: #c8cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.197,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74749,
    "c": 0.14716,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB738

secondary

#8A84C7

accent

#4BDD58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB738

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

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