#ACAC2E#ACAC2E

#ACAC2E 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	#ACAC2E
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -14.88, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 62.42, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0473 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2601, 38.4739, 8.3111)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC2E #2E2EAC

analogous

#AC6D2E #ACAC2E #6DAC2E

triadic

#ACAC2E #2EACAC #AC2EAC

tetradic

#ACAC2E #2EAC6D #2E2EAC #AC2E6D

square

#ACAC2E #2EAC6D #2E2EAC #AC2E6D

split-complementary

#ACAC2E #2E6DAC #6D2EAC

monochromatic

#4B4B14 #7C7C21 #ACAC2E #CECE49 #DBDB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACAC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#ACAC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC2E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC2E	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)

#BAA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c470',
    500: '#acac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac2e;
$custom-light: #c8c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72221,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC2E

secondary

#7272C3

accent

#47E147

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC2E

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

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