#ACAA22#ACAA22

#ACAA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.146 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA22
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 80.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -14.33, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 65.45, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0468 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.146 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6780, 37.6366, 7.1090)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA22 #2224AC

analogous

#AC6522 #ACAA22 #69AC22

triadic

#ACAA22 #22ACAA #AA22AC

tetradic

#ACAA22 #22AC65 #2224AC #AC2269

square

#ACAA22 #22AC65 #2224AC #AC2269

split-complementary

#ACAA22 #2269AC #6522AC

monochromatic

#46450E #797718 #ACAA22 #D7D534 #E1DF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#ACAA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA22

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA22	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA72F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.146 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#acaa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa22;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71709,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA22

secondary

#6365C7

accent

#40EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA22

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

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