#ACAC35#ACAC35

#ACAC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.137 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC35
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -14.53, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 59.89, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0456 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.137 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4095, 38.5337, 9.0980)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC35 #3535AC

analogous

#AC7135 #ACAC35 #71AC35

triadic

#ACAC35 #35ACAC #AC35AC

tetradic

#ACAC35 #35AC71 #3535AC #AC3571

square

#ACAC35 #35AC71 #3535AC #AC3571

split-complementary

#ACAC35 #3571AC #7135AC

monochromatic

#4E4E18 #7D7D27 #ACAC35 #CACA54 #D9D983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ACAC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC35

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC35	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.137 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c474',
    500: '#acac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac35;
$custom-light: #c8c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC35

secondary

#7B7BC2

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC35

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

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