#ACAA38#ACAA38

#ACAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.133 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA38
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -13.33, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 57.95, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0419 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1029, 37.8066, 9.3470)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA38 #383AAC

analogous

#AC7038 #ACAA38 #74AC38

triadic

#ACAA38 #38ACAA #AA38AC

tetradic

#ACAA38 #38AC70 #383AAC #AC3874

square

#ACAA38 #38AC70 #383AAC #AC3874

split-complementary

#ACAA38 #3874AC #7038AC

monochromatic

#504F1A #7E7C29 #ACAA38 #C9C758 #D8D687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ACAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA38

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA38	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)

#B8A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c375',
    500: '#acaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa38;
$custom-light: #c8c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7185,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA38

secondary

#7E7FC2

accent

#50DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA38

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

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