#ACAC23#ACAC23

#ACAC23 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	#ACAC23
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -15.33, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 65.88, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0495 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.148 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0704, 38.3980, 7.3120)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC23 #2323AC

analogous

#AC6723 #ACAC23 #67AC23

triadic

#ACAC23 #23ACAC #AC23AC

tetradic

#ACAC23 #23AC67 #2323AC #AC2367

square

#ACAC23 #23AC67 #2323AC #AC2367

split-complementary

#ACAC23 #2367AC #6723AC

monochromatic

#46460E #797919 #ACAC23 #D6D636 #E0E069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACAC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC23

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC23	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)

#BCA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.148 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46b',
    500: '#acac23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac23;
$custom-light: #c9c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72159,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC23

secondary

#6464C6

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC23

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

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