#ACAA29#ACAA29

#ACAA29 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 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA29
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -14.07, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 63.35, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0455 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7894, 37.6812, 7.6961)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA29 #292BAC

analogous

#AC6929 #ACAA29 #6DAC29

triadic

#ACAA29 #29ACAA #AA29AC

tetradic

#ACAA29 #29AC69 #292BAC #AC296D

square

#ACAA29 #29AC69 #292BAC #AC296D

split-complementary

#ACAA29 #296DAC #6929AC

monochromatic

#494811 #7B791D #ACAA29 #D2CF41 #DDDC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ACAA29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA29

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA29	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36e',
    500: '#acaa29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa29;
$custom-light: #c8c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71746,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA29

secondary

#6C6EC5

accent

#46E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA29

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

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