#ACB835#ACB835

#ACB835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.150 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB835
RGB	rgb(172, 184, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -20.61, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 64.77, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0626 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.15 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7973, 43.3093, 9.8939)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB835 #4135B8

analogous

#B88335 #ACB835 #6BB835

triadic

#ACB835 #35ACB8 #B835AC

tetradic

#ACB835 #35B883 #4135B8 #B8356B

square

#ACB835 #35B883 #4135B8 #B8356B

split-complementary

#ACB835 #356BB8 #8335B8

monochromatic

#53591A #808827 #ACB835 #C5D05B #D6DD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ACB835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#ACB835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB835

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB835	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 184, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.150 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd75',
    500: '#acb835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb835;
$custom-light: #c8cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.496,
    "s": 55.274,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB835

secondary

#8881C7

accent

#49DF57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB835

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

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