#ACAC26#ACAC26

#ACAC26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.146 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC26
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -15.22, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 65.01, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0489 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.146 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1169, 38.4166, 7.5567)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC26 #2626AC

analogous

#AC6926 #ACAC26 #69AC26

triadic

#ACAC26 #26ACAC #AC26AC

tetradic

#ACAC26 #26AC69 #2626AC #AC2669

square

#ACAC26 #26AC69 #2626AC #AC2669

split-complementary

#ACAC26 #2669AC #6926AC

monochromatic

#484810 #7A7A1B #ACAC26 #D4D43B #DFDF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACAC26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC26

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC26	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)

#BCA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c46d',
    500: '#acac26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac26;
$custom-light: #c9c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72174,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC26

secondary

#6868C5

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC26

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

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