#ACAC2A#ACAC2A

#ACAC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.144 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC2A
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -15.06, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 63.76, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0481 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.144 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1849, 38.4438, 7.9151)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC2A #2A2AAC

analogous

#AC6B2A #ACAC2A #6BAC2A

triadic

#ACAC2A #2AACAC #AC2AAC

tetradic

#ACAC2A #2AAC6B #2A2AAC #AC2A6B

square

#ACAC2A #2AAC6B #2A2AAC #AC2A6B

split-complementary

#ACAC2A #2A6BAC #6B2AAC

monochromatic

#4A4A12 #7B7B1E #ACAC2A #D1D142 #DDDD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ACAC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC2A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC2A	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA50A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.144 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c46e',
    500: '#acac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac2a;
$custom-light: #c8c46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72196,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC2A

secondary

#6D6DC4

accent

#44E444

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC2A

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

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