#ACAA35#ACAA35

#ACAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.135 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA35
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -13.50, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 59.11, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0427 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.135 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0317, 37.7781, 8.9721)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA35 #3537AC

analogous

#AC6F35 #ACAA35 #73AC35

triadic

#ACAA35 #35ACAA #AA35AC

tetradic

#ACAA35 #35AC6F #3537AC #AC3573

square

#ACAA35 #35AC6F #3537AC #AC3573

split-complementary

#ACAA35 #3573AC #6F35AC

monochromatic

#4E4E18 #7D7C27 #ACAA35 #CAC854 #D9D783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ACAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA35

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA35	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c374',
    500: '#acaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa35;
$custom-light: #c8c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.992,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71826,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA35

secondary

#7B7CC2

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA35

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

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