#ACAA32#ACAA32

#ACAA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA32
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -13.66, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 60.24, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0435 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.137 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9649, 37.7514, 8.6200)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA32 #3234AC

analogous

#AC6D32 #ACAA32 #71AC32

triadic

#ACAA32 #32ACAA #AA32AC

tetradic

#ACAA32 #32AC6D #3234AC #AC3271

square

#ACAA32 #32AC6D #3234AC #AC3271

split-complementary

#ACAA32 #3271AC #6D32AC

monochromatic

#4D4C16 #7D7B24 #ACAA32 #CCCA4F #DAD87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ACAA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA32

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA32	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c372',
    500: '#acaa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa32;
$custom-light: #c8c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71804,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA32

secondary

#7778C3

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA32

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

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