#ACAC32#ACAC32

#ACAC32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.139 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC32
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -14.69, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 61.01, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0464 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.139 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3426, 38.5069, 8.7459)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC32 #3232AC

analogous

#AC6F32 #ACAC32 #6FAC32

triadic

#ACAC32 #32ACAC #AC32AC

tetradic

#ACAC32 #32AC6F #3232AC #AC326F

square

#ACAC32 #32AC6F #3232AC #AC326F

split-complementary

#ACAC32 #326FAC #6F32AC

monochromatic

#4D4D16 #7D7D24 #ACAC32 #CCCC4F #DADA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#ACAC32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC32

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC32	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)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.139 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c472',
    500: '#acac32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac32;
$custom-light: #c8c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72248,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC32

secondary

#7777C3

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC32

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

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