#ACAB22#ACAB22

#ACAB22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.147 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAB22
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 80.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -14.85, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 65.81, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0482 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.147 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8662, 38.0130, 7.1717)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAB22 #2223AC

analogous

#AC6622 #ACAB22 #68AC22

triadic

#ACAB22 #22ACAB #AB22AC

tetradic

#ACAB22 #22AC66 #2223AC #AC2268

square

#ACAB22 #22AC66 #2223AC #AC2268

split-complementary

#ACAB22 #2268AC #6622AC

monochromatic

#46450E #797818 #ACAB22 #D7D634 #E1E067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACAB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ACAB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAB22

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAB22	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acab22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.147 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c36b',
    500: '#acab22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acab22;
$custom-light: #c9c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acab22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.565,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71931,
    "c": 0.147,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAB22

secondary

#6364C7

accent

#3FEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAB22

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

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