#ACAA39#ACAA39

#ACAA39 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	#ACAA39
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 66.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -13.28, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 57.55, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0417 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.133 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1276, 37.8165, 9.4770)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA39 #393BAC

analogous

#AC7139 #ACAA39 #74AC39

triadic

#ACAA39 #39ACAA #AA39AC

tetradic

#ACAA39 #39AC71 #393BAC #AC3974

square

#ACAA39 #39AC71 #393BAC #AC3974

split-complementary

#ACAA39 #3974AC #7139AC

monochromatic

#504F1B #7E7D2A #ACAA39 #C8C65A #D8D688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ACAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA39

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA39	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)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.133 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c376',
    500: '#acaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa39;
$custom-light: #c8c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71858,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA39

secondary

#7F80C2

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA39

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

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