#ACAA1E#ACAA1E

#ACAA1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.148 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA1E
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 30)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 82.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -14.46, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 66.53, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0474 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.148 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6236, 37.6149, 6.8226)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA1E #1E20AC

analogous

#AC631E #ACAA1E #67AC1E

triadic

#ACAA1E #1EACAA #AA1EAC

tetradic

#ACAA1E #1EAC63 #1E20AC #AC1E67

square

#ACAA1E #1EAC63 #1E20AC #AC1E67

split-complementary

#ACAA1E #1E67AC #631EAC

monochromatic

#44430C #787615 #ACAA1E #DAD82D #E3E261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#ACAA1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA1E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA1E	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#BBA72C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.148 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c369',
    500: '#acaa1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa1e;
$custom-light: #c9c369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71691,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA1E

secondary

#5E5FC8

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA1E

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

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