#ACB940#ACB940

#ACB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.144 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB940
RGB	rgb(172, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -20.47, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 61.06, 109.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0611 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.144 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2885, 43.8393, 11.4524)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB940 #4D40B9

analogous

#B98A40 #ACB940 #70B940

triadic

#ACB940 #40ACB9 #B940AC

tetradic

#ACB940 #40B98A #4D40B9 #B94070

square

#ACB940 #40B98A #4D40B9 #B94070

split-complementary

#ACB940 #4070B9 #8A40B9

monochromatic

#575E21 #828C30 #ACB940 #C1CC6B #D4DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#ACB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#ACB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB940

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB940	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.144 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd7b',
    500: '#acb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb940;
$custom-light: #c8cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.446,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75262,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB940

secondary

#948EC7

accent

#50D85E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB940

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

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