#ACBE38#ACBE38

#ACBE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.155 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACBE38
RGB	rgb(172, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -23.41, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 66.26, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0701 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.155 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1414, 45.8835, 10.6931)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACBE38 #4A38BE

analogous

#BE8D38 #ACBE38 #69BE38

triadic

#ACBE38 #38ACBE #BE38AC

tetradic

#ACBE38 #38BE8D #4A38BE #BE3869

square

#ACBE38 #38BE8D #4A38BE #BE3869

split-complementary

#ACBE38 #3869BE #8D38BE

monochromatic

#565F1C #818F2A #ACBE38 #C2D162 #D4DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#ACBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#ACBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACBE38

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACBE38	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.155 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d177',
    500: '#acbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acbe38;
$custom-light: #c8d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.06,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76327,
    "c": 0.15502,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACBE38

secondary

#9188CA

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACBE38

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

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