#ACBA38#ACBA38

#ACBA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.150 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACBA38
RGB	rgb(172, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -21.44, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 64.54, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0646 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.151 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2869, 44.1746, 10.4083)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACBA38 #4638BA

analogous

#BA8738 #ACBA38 #6BBA38

triadic

#ACBA38 #38ACBA #BA38AC

tetradic

#ACBA38 #38BA87 #4638BA #BA386B

square

#ACBA38 #38BA87 #4638BA #BA386B

split-complementary

#ACBA38 #386BBA #8738BA

monochromatic

#555C1C #818B2A #ACBA38 #C3CF60 #D5DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#ACBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#ACBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACBA38

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACBA38	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.150 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce77',
    500: '#acba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acba38;
$custom-light: #c8ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75424,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACBA38

secondary

#8D86C8

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACBA38

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

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