#ACAC24#ACAC24

#ACAC24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.147 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC24
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -15.29, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 65.60, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0493 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0854, 38.4041, 7.3913)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC24 #2424AC

analogous

#AC6824 #ACAC24 #68AC24

triadic

#ACAC24 #24ACAC #AC24AC

tetradic

#ACAC24 #24AC68 #2424AC #AC2468

square

#ACAC24 #24AC68 #2424AC #AC2468

split-complementary

#ACAC24 #2468AC #6824AC

monochromatic

#47470F #797919 #ACAC24 #D5D538 #E0E06A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACAC24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC24

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC24	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: #acac24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46c',
    500: '#acac24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac24;
$custom-light: #c9c46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72164,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC24

secondary

#6666C6

accent

#3FE83F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC24

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

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