#ACAC22#ACAC22

#ACAC22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.148 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC22
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 80.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -15.36, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 66.16, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0496 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.148 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0558, 38.3922, 7.2349)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC22 #2222AC

analogous

#AC6722 #ACAC22 #67AC22

triadic

#ACAC22 #22ACAC #AC22AC

tetradic

#ACAC22 #22AC67 #2222AC #AC2267

square

#ACAC22 #22AC67 #2222AC #AC2267

split-complementary

#ACAC22 #2267AC #6722AC

monochromatic

#46460E #797918 #ACAC22 #D7D734 #E1E167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACAC22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC22

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC22	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)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.148 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46b',
    500: '#acac22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac22;
$custom-light: #c9c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72154,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC22

secondary

#6363C7

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC22

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

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