#ACB836#ACB836

#ACB836 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	#ACB836
RGB	rgb(172, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -20.55, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 64.41, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0623 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.15 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8206, 43.3186, 10.0163)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB836 #4236B8

analogous

#B88336 #ACB836 #6BB836

triadic

#ACB836 #36ACB8 #B836AC

tetradic

#ACB836 #36B883 #4236B8 #B8366B

square

#ACB836 #36B883 #4236B8 #B8366B

split-complementary

#ACB836 #366BB8 #8336B8

monochromatic

#54591A #808928 #ACB836 #C5CF5C #D6DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ACB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#ACB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB836

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB836	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)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.150 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd76',
    500: '#acb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb836;
$custom-light: #c8cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.538,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74959,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB836

secondary

#8982C7

accent

#4ADE58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB836

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

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