#ACAA2B#ACAA2B

#ACAA2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA2B
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -13.99, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 62.69, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.045 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8252, 37.6956, 7.8846)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA2B #2B2DAC

analogous

#AC6A2B #ACAA2B #6DAC2B

triadic

#ACAA2B #2BACAA #AA2BAC

tetradic

#ACAA2B #2BAC6A #2B2DAC #AC2B6D

square

#ACAA2B #2BAC6A #2B2DAC #AC2B6D

split-complementary

#ACAA2B #2B6DAC #6A2BAC

monochromatic

#4A4913 #7B7A1F #ACAA2B #D0CE44 #DCDB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ACAA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA2B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA2B	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)

#B8A30E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36f',
    500: '#acaa2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa2b;
$custom-light: #c8c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71758,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA2B

secondary

#6F70C4

accent

#47E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA2B

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

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