#ACB859#ACB859

#ACB859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.121 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB859
RGB	rgb(172, 184, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 40%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 52%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 51.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -18.02, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 49.69, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0517 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.121 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9575, 43.7734, 16.0041)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB859 #6559B8

analogous

#B89459 #ACB859 #7CB859

triadic

#ACB859 #59ACB8 #B859AC

tetradic

#ACB859 #59B894 #6559B8 #B8597C

square

#ACB859 #59B894 #6559B8 #B8597C

split-complementary

#ACB859 #597CB8 #9459B8

monochromatic

#62692D #8A943F #ACB859 #C1CA84 #D7DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#ACB859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#ACB859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB859

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB859	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 184, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.121 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd8a',
    500: '#acb859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb859;
$custom-light: #c6cd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.579,
    "s": 40.084,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75302,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB859

secondary

#A7A2CB

accent

#58D067

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB859

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

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