#ACAA1A#ACAA1A

#ACAA1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.149 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA1A
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 26)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 85%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 84.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -14.58, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 67.49, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.048 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.149 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5757, 37.5957, 6.5705)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA1A #1A1CAC

analogous

#AC611A #ACAA1A #65AC1A

triadic

#ACAA1A #1AACAA #AA1AAC

tetradic

#ACAA1A #1AAC61 #1A1CAC #AC1A65

square

#ACAA1A #1AAC61 #1A1CAC #AC1A65

split-complementary

#ACAA1A #1A65AC #611AAC

monochromatic

#42410A #777512 #ACAA1A #DEDC25 #E6E45A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACAA1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#ACAA1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA1A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA1A	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.149 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c368',
    500: '#acaa1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa1a;
$custom-light: #c9c368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA1A

secondary

#585ACA

accent

#3AF037

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA1A

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

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