#ACAA36#ACAA36

#ACAA36 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	#ACAA36
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -13.45, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 58.73, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0425 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.135 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0550, 37.7874, 9.0945)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA36 #3638AC

analogous

#AC6F36 #ACAA36 #73AC36

triadic

#ACAA36 #36ACAA #AA36AC

tetradic

#ACAA36 #36AC6F #3638AC #AC3673

square

#ACAA36 #36AC6F #3638AC #AC3673

split-complementary

#ACAA36 #3673AC #6F36AC

monochromatic

#4F4E19 #7D7C27 #ACAA36 #CAC855 #D8D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ACAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA36

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA36	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)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.135 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c374',
    500: '#acaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa36;
$custom-light: #c8c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71834,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA36

secondary

#7C7DC2

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA36

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

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