#ACBA42#ACBA42

#ACBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.143 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACBA42
RGB	rgb(172, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -20.84, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 60.70, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.062 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.143 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5563, 44.2823, 11.8275)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACBA42 #5042BA

analogous

#BA8C42 #ACBA42 #70BA42

triadic

#ACBA42 #42ACBA #BA42AC

tetradic

#ACBA42 #42BA8C #5042BA #BA4270

square

#ACBA42 #42BA8C #5042BA #BA4270

split-complementary

#ACBA42 #4270BA #8C42BA

monochromatic

#586022 #828D32 #ACBA42 #C1CB6E #D4DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#ACBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#ACBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACBA42

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACBA42	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.143 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ce7c',
    500: '#acba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acba42;
$custom-light: #c8ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75504,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACBA42

secondary

#9790C8

accent

#51D760

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACBA42

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

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