#ACAC25#ACAC25

#ACAC25 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	#ACAC25
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -15.26, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 65.30, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0491 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1009, 38.4103, 7.4729)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC25 #2525AC

analogous

#AC6825 #ACAC25 #68AC25

triadic

#ACAC25 #25ACAC #AC25AC

tetradic

#ACAC25 #25AC68 #2525AC #AC2568

square

#ACAC25 #25AC68 #2525AC #AC2568

split-complementary

#ACAC25 #2568AC #6825AC

monochromatic

#47470F #7A7A1A #ACAC25 #D5D53A #DFDF6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACAC25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC25

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC25	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)

#BCA831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46c',
    500: '#acac25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac25;
$custom-light: #c9c46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72169,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC25

secondary

#6767C6

accent

#40E840

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC25

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

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