#ACAC27#ACAC27

#ACAC27 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	#ACAC27
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -15.18, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 64.70, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0487 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.146 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1332, 38.4232, 7.6428)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC27 #2727AC

analogous

#AC6A27 #ACAC27 #6AAC27

triadic

#ACAC27 #27ACAC #AC27AC

tetradic

#ACAC27 #27AC6A #2727AC #AC276A

square

#ACAC27 #27AC6A #2727AC #AC276A

split-complementary

#ACAC27 #276AAC #6A27AC

monochromatic

#484810 #7A7A1C #ACAC27 #D3D33D #DEDE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACAC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC27

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC27	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: #acac27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.146 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c46d',
    500: '#acac27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac27;
$custom-light: #c8c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72179,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC27

secondary

#6A6AC5

accent

#42E642

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC27

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

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