#ACAC2F#ACAC2F

#ACAC2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.141 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC2F
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -14.84, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 62.08, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0471 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.141 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2800, 38.4819, 8.4161)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC2F #2F2FAC

analogous

#AC6D2F #ACAC2F #6DAC2F

triadic

#ACAC2F #2FACAC #AC2FAC

tetradic

#ACAC2F #2FAC6D #2F2FAC #AC2F6D

square

#ACAC2F #2FAC6D #2F2FAC #AC2F6D

split-complementary

#ACAC2F #2F6DAC #6D2FAC

monochromatic

#4C4C15 #7C7C22 #ACAC2F #CECE4B #DBDB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#ACAC2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC2F

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC2F	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.141 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c471',
    500: '#acac2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac2f;
$custom-light: #c8c471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72227,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC2F

secondary

#7474C3

accent

#47E047

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC2F

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

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