#ACAA27#ACAA27

#ACAA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.144 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA27
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -14.15, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 63.98, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0459 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.144 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7554, 37.6676, 7.5169)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA27 #2729AC

analogous

#AC6827 #ACAA27 #6CAC27

triadic

#ACAA27 #27ACAA #AA27AC

tetradic

#ACAA27 #27AC68 #2729AC #AC276C

square

#ACAA27 #27AC68 #2729AC #AC276C

split-complementary

#ACAA27 #276CAC #6827AC

monochromatic

#484710 #7A791C #ACAA27 #D3D13D #DEDD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#ACAA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA27

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA27	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)

#B8A301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.144 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36d',
    500: '#acaa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa27;
$custom-light: #c8c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71735,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA27

secondary

#6A6BC5

accent

#44E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA27

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

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