#ACAA42#ACAA42

#ACAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA42
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -12.71, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 53.79, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0391 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.126 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3724, 37.9144, 10.7661)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA42 #4244AC

analogous

#AC7542 #ACAA42 #79AC42

triadic

#ACAA42 #42ACAA #AA42AC

tetradic

#ACAA42 #42AC75 #4244AC #AC4279

square

#ACAA42 #42AC75 #4244AC #AC4279

split-complementary

#ACAA42 #4279AC #7542AC

monochromatic

#545320 #807E31 #ACAA42 #C5C367 #D6D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ACAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA42

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA42	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)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c37b',
    500: '#acaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa42;
$custom-light: #c7c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71939,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA42

secondary

#898AC1

accent

#56D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA42

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

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