#ACAA41#ACAA41

#ACAA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA41
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 62.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -12.77, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 54.23, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0394 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.126 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3432, 37.9027, 10.6122)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA41 #4143AC

analogous

#AC7541 #ACAA41 #79AC41

triadic

#ACAA41 #41ACAA #AA41AC

tetradic

#ACAA41 #41AC75 #4143AC #AC4179

square

#ACAA41 #41AC75 #4143AC #AC4179

split-complementary

#ACAA41 #4179AC #7541AC

monochromatic

#53521F #807E30 #ACAA41 #C5C365 #D6D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACAA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ACAA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA41

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA41	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)

#B7A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c37a',
    500: '#acaa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa41;
$custom-light: #c7c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71929,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA41

secondary

#8889C1

accent

#55D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA41

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

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