#ACAC36#ACAC36

#ACAC36 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	#ACAC36
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -14.48, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 59.51, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0454 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.137 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4327, 38.5430, 9.2204)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC36 #3636AC

analogous

#AC7136 #ACAC36 #71AC36

triadic

#ACAC36 #36ACAC #AC36AC

tetradic

#ACAC36 #36AC71 #3636AC #AC3671

square

#ACAC36 #36AC71 #3636AC #AC3671

split-complementary

#ACAC36 #3671AC #7136AC

monochromatic

#4F4F19 #7D7D27 #ACAC36 #CACA55 #D8D884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ACAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC36

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC36	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)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.137 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c474',
    500: '#acac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac36;
$custom-light: #c8c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72277,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC36

secondary

#7C7CC2

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC36

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

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