#ACAC38#ACAC38

#ACAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC38
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -14.37, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 58.74, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0448 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.135 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4807, 38.5622, 9.4729)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC38 #3838AC

analogous

#AC7238 #ACAC38 #72AC38

triadic

#ACAC38 #38ACAC #AC38AC

tetradic

#ACAC38 #38AC72 #3838AC #AC3872

square

#ACAC38 #38AC72 #3838AC #AC3872

split-complementary

#ACAC38 #3872AC #7238AC

monochromatic

#50501A #7E7E29 #ACAC38 #C9C958 #D8D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#ACAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC38

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c475',
    500: '#acac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac38;
$custom-light: #c8c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72293,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC38

secondary

#7E7EC2

accent

#4DDA4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC38

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

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