#ACAA33#ACAA33

#ACAA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA33
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 70.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -13.61, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 59.87, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0432 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.137 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9867, 37.7601, 8.7348)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA33 #3335AC

analogous

#AC6D33 #ACAA33 #71AC33

triadic

#ACAA33 #33ACAA #AA33AC

tetradic

#ACAA33 #33AC6D #3335AC #AC3371

square

#ACAA33 #33AC6D #3335AC #AC3371

split-complementary

#ACAA33 #3371AC #6D33AC

monochromatic

#4E4D17 #7D7B25 #ACAA33 #CBC951 #D9D880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACAA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#ACAA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA33

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA33	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)

#B8A31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c373',
    500: '#acaa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa33;
$custom-light: #c8c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71811,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA33

secondary

#787AC2

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA33

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

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