#ACAA2C#ACAA2C

#ACAA2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.141 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA2C
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -13.94, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 62.36, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0448 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.141 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8438, 37.7030, 7.9824)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA2C #2C2EAC

analogous

#AC6A2C #ACAA2C #6EAC2C

triadic

#ACAA2C #2CACAA #AA2CAC

tetradic

#ACAA2C #2CAC6A #2C2EAC #AC2C6E

square

#ACAA2C #2CAC6A #2C2EAC #AC2C6E

split-complementary

#ACAA2C #2C6EAC #6A2CAC

monochromatic

#4B4A13 #7B7A20 #ACAA2C #D0CD46 #DCDA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ACAA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA2C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA2C	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)

#B8A311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.141 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36f',
    500: '#acaa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa2c;
$custom-light: #c8c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71764,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA2C

secondary

#7071C4

accent

#48E245

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA2C

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

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