#ACAA45#ACAA45

#ACAA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.123 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA45
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 59.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -12.50, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 52.48, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0382 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.123 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4632, 37.9507, 11.2442)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA45 #4547AC

analogous

#AC7745 #ACAA45 #7BAC45

triadic

#ACAA45 #45ACAA #AA45AC

tetradic

#ACAA45 #45AC77 #4547AC #AC457B

square

#ACAA45 #45AC77 #4547AC #AC457B

split-complementary

#ACAA45 #457BAC #7745AC

monochromatic

#555422 #807F33 #ACAA45 #C4C26B #D5D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACAA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ACAA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA45

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA45	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.123 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c37d',
    500: '#acaa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa45;
$custom-light: #c7c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA45

secondary

#8C8DC1

accent

#58D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA45

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

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