#ACAA24#ACAA24

#ACAA24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.145 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA24
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -14.26, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 64.88, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0464 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.145 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7077, 37.6485, 7.2654)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA24 #2426AC

analogous

#AC6624 #ACAA24 #6AAC24

triadic

#ACAA24 #24ACAA #AA24AC

tetradic

#ACAA24 #24AC66 #2426AC #AC246A

square

#ACAA24 #24AC66 #2426AC #AC246A

split-complementary

#ACAA24 #246AAC #6624AC

monochromatic

#47460F #797819 #ACAA24 #D5D338 #E0DE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#ACAA24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA24

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA24	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)

#BAA730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.145 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#acaa24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa24;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71719,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA24

secondary

#6667C6

accent

#42E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA24

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

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