#ACAA2F#ACAA2F

#ACAA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.139 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA2F
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -13.81, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 61.32, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0442 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.139 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9023, 37.7264, 8.2902)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA2F #2F31AC

analogous

#AC6B2F #ACAA2F #6FAC2F

triadic

#ACAA2F #2FACAA #AA2FAC

tetradic

#ACAA2F #2FAC6B #2F31AC #AC2F6F

square

#ACAA2F #2FAC6B #2F31AC #AC2F6F

split-complementary

#ACAA2F #2F6FAC #6B2FAC

monochromatic

#4C4B15 #7C7A22 #ACAA2F #CECC4B #DBD97B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#ACAA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA2F

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA2F	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)

#B8A318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.139 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c370',
    500: '#acaa2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa2f;
$custom-light: #c8c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71783,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA2F

secondary

#7475C3

accent

#4AE047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA2F

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

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