#ACB951#ACB951

#ACB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB951
RGB	rgb(172, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -19.22, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 53.84, 110.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0559 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.13 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8481, 44.0631, 14.3996)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB951 #5E51B9

analogous

#B99251 #ACB951 #78B951

triadic

#ACB951 #51ACB9 #B951AC

tetradic

#ACB951 #51B992 #5E51B9 #B95178

square

#ACB951 #51B992 #5E51B9 #B95178

split-complementary

#ACB951 #5178B9 #9251B9

monochromatic

#5F6629 #87923B #ACB951 #C1CB7D #D6DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#ACB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#ACB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB951

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB951	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ce85',
    500: '#acb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb951;
$custom-light: #c7ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7543,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB951

secondary

#A29CCA

accent

#55D265

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB951

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

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