#ACB837#ACB837

#ACB837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB837
RGB	rgb(172, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -20.50, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 64.05, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0621 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.149 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8443, 43.3281, 10.1413)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB837 #4337B8

analogous

#B88337 #ACB837 #6CB837

triadic

#ACB837 #37ACB8 #B837AC

tetradic

#ACB837 #37B883 #4337B8 #B8376C

square

#ACB837 #37B883 #4337B8 #B8376C

split-complementary

#ACB837 #376CB8 #8337B8

monochromatic

#545A1B #808929 #ACB837 #C4CF5D #D5DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ACB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#ACB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB837

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB837	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd76',
    500: '#acb837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb837;
$custom-light: #c8cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74966,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB837

secondary

#8A84C7

accent

#4ADD58

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB837

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

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