#ACAC2C#ACAC2C

#ACAC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.143 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC2C
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -14.97, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 63.10, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0477 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.143 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2216, 38.4585, 8.1083)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC2C #2C2CAC

analogous

#AC6C2C #ACAC2C #6CAC2C

triadic

#ACAC2C #2CACAC #AC2CAC

tetradic

#ACAC2C #2CAC6C #2C2CAC #AC2C6C

square

#ACAC2C #2CAC6C #2C2CAC #AC2C6C

split-complementary

#ACAC2C #2C6CAC #6C2CAC

monochromatic

#4B4B13 #7B7B20 #ACAC2C #D0D046 #DCDC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ACAC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC2C

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC2C	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)

#BAA510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.143 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c46f',
    500: '#acac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac2c;
$custom-light: #c8c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72208,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC2C

secondary

#7070C4

accent

#45E245

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC2C

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

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