#ACAA28#ACAA28

#ACAA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.143 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA28
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -14.11, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 63.67, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0457 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7722, 37.6743, 7.6053)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA28 #282AAC

analogous

#AC6828 #ACAA28 #6CAC28

triadic

#ACAA28 #28ACAA #AA28AC

tetradic

#ACAA28 #28AC68 #282AAC #AC286C

square

#ACAA28 #28AC68 #282AAC #AC286C

split-complementary

#ACAA28 #286CAC #6828AC

monochromatic

#494811 #7A791C #ACAA28 #D2D03F #DEDC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#ACAA28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA28

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA28	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)

#B8A305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36d',
    500: '#acaa28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa28;
$custom-light: #c8c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7174,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA28

secondary

#6B6CC5

accent

#45E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA28

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

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