#ACAC2D#ACAC2D

#ACAC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.142 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC2D
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -14.93, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 62.77, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0475 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2406, 38.4661, 8.2085)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC2D #2D2DAC

analogous

#AC6C2D #ACAC2D #6CAC2D

triadic

#ACAC2D #2DACAC #AC2DAC

tetradic

#ACAC2D #2DAC6C #2D2DAC #AC2D6C

square

#ACAC2D #2DAC6C #2D2DAC #AC2D6C

split-complementary

#ACAC2D #2D6CAC #6C2DAC

monochromatic

#4B4B14 #7B7B20 #ACAC2D #CFCF47 #DCDC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ACAC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC2D

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC2D	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)

#BAA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c470',
    500: '#acac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac2d;
$custom-light: #c8c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72214,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC2D

secondary

#7171C4

accent

#46E246

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC2D

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

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