#ACB856#ACB856

#ACB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.124 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB856
RGB	rgb(172, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -18.29, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 51.09, 110.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0527 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.124 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8341, 43.7240, 15.3542)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB856 #6256B8

analogous

#B89356 #ACB856 #7BB856

triadic

#ACB856 #56ACB8 #B856AC

tetradic

#ACB856 #56B893 #6256B8 #B8567B

square

#ACB856 #56B893 #6256B8 #B8567B

split-complementary

#ACB856 #567BB8 #9356B8

monochromatic

#61682C #89933E #ACB856 #C1CA81 #D6DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#ACB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#ACB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB856

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB856	1.00	2.15	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.124 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cd88',
    500: '#acb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb856;
$custom-light: #c7cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.347,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75265,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB856

secondary

#A5A0CA

accent

#57D166

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB856

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

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