#ACAC33#ACAC33

#ACAC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.139 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC33
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -14.64, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 60.64, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0461 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.139 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3645, 38.5157, 8.8607)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC33 #3333AC

analogous

#AC6F33 #ACAC33 #6FAC33

triadic

#ACAC33 #33ACAC #AC33AC

tetradic

#ACAC33 #33AC6F #3333AC #AC336F

square

#ACAC33 #33AC6F #3333AC #AC336F

split-complementary

#ACAC33 #336FAC #6F33AC

monochromatic

#4E4E17 #7D7D25 #ACAC33 #CBCB51 #D9D980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#ACAC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC33

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC33	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)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.139 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c473',
    500: '#acac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac33;
$custom-light: #c8c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72255,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC33

secondary

#7878C2

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC33

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

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