#ACAC20#ACAC20

#ACAC20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.149 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC20
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -15.43, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 66.70, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.05 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.149 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0277, 38.3810, 7.0874)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC20 #2020AC

analogous

#AC6620 #ACAC20 #66AC20

triadic

#ACAC20 #20ACAC #AC20AC

tetradic

#ACAC20 #20AC66 #2020AC #AC2066

square

#ACAC20 #20AC66 #2020AC #AC2066

split-complementary

#ACAC20 #2066AC #6620AC

monochromatic

#45450D #787816 #ACAC20 #D9D931 #E2E264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACAC20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC20

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC20	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.149 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46a',
    500: '#acac20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac20;
$custom-light: #c9c46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72145,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC20

secondary

#6060C7

accent

#3CEB3C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC20

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

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