#ACAA40#ACAA40

#ACAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA40
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -12.84, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 54.65, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0397 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.127 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3144, 37.8912, 10.4610)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA40 #4042AC

analogous

#AC7440 #ACAA40 #78AC40

triadic

#ACAA40 #40ACAA #AA40AC

tetradic

#ACAA40 #40AC74 #4042AC #AC4078

square

#ACAA40 #40AC74 #4042AC #AC4078

split-complementary

#ACAA40 #4078AC #7440AC

monochromatic

#53521F #7F7E2F #ACAA40 #C5C364 #D6D591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ACAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA40

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA40	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c37a',
    500: '#acaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa40;
$custom-light: #c7c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7192,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA40

secondary

#8788C1

accent

#55D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA40

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

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