#ACAA2D#ACAA2D

#ACAA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.140 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA2D
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -13.90, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 62.02, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0446 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.14 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8628, 37.7106, 8.0826)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA2D #2D2FAC

analogous

#AC6A2D #ACAA2D #6FAC2D

triadic

#ACAA2D #2DACAA #AA2DAC

tetradic

#ACAA2D #2DAC6A #2D2FAC #AC2D6F

square

#ACAA2D #2DAC6A #2D2FAC #AC2D6F

split-complementary

#ACAA2D #2D6FAC #6A2DAC

monochromatic

#4B4A14 #7B7A20 #ACAA2D #CFCD47 #DCDA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ACAA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA2D

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA2D	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)

#B8A313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.140 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c36f',
    500: '#acaa2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa2d;
$custom-light: #c8c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7177,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA2D

secondary

#7172C4

accent

#49E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA2D

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

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