#ACB838#ACB838

#ACB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.148 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB838
RGB	rgb(172, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -20.44, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 63.69, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0619 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.148 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8685, 43.3378, 10.2688)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB838 #4438B8

analogous

#B88438 #ACB838 #6CB838

triadic

#ACB838 #38ACB8 #B838AC

tetradic

#ACB838 #38B884 #4438B8 #B8386C

square

#ACB838 #38B884 #4438B8 #B8386C

split-complementary

#ACB838 #386CB8 #8438B8

monochromatic

#545A1B #80892A #ACB838 #C4CE5F #D5DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#ACB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#ACB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB838

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB838	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)

#C5AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.148 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd77',
    500: '#acb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb838;
$custom-light: #c8cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74973,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB838

secondary

#8B85C7

accent

#4BDD59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB838

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

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