#acb912

Color #acb912

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 16.9 Nearest Tailwind class lime-500 #7ccf00 · ΔE 11.6

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Conversions

HEX

#acb912

RGB

rgb(172, 185, 18)

HSL

hsl(64.7, 82.3%, 39.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.7, 90.3%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(7%, 0%, 90.3%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(71.9, -22.31, 70.85)

LCH

lch(71.9, 74.28, 107.48)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1663, 114.78)

HWB

hwb(64.7, 7.1%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f12b9

Analogous

#b97312

#acb912

#58b912

Triadic

#acb912

#12acb9

#b912ac

Split-complementary

#acb912

#1258b9

#7312b9

Tetradic

#acb912

#12b91f

#1f12b9

#b912ac

Square

#acb912

#12b973

#1f12b9

#b91258

Shades

Color #acb912 mixed toward black.

#8f9a0f

#737b0c

#565d09

#393e06

#1d1f03

Tints

Color #acb912 mixed toward white.

#d7e816

#e0ed44

#e8f173

#eff6a2

#f7fad0

Tones

Color #acb912 mixed toward gray.

#a0ab20

#949d2e

#898f3c

#7d814a

#717358

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b262 · ΔE 8.9

Deuteranopia

#b1b06c · ΔE 11

Tritanopia

#ad7f85 · ΔE 44.6

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 27.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acb912;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acb912]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#acb912 (#acb912) is rgb(172, 185, 18) in RGB.

No, #acb912 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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