#ACAC3A#ACAC3A

#ACAC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.134 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC3A
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -14.25, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 57.95, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0443 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.134 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5306, 38.5821, 9.7357)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC3A #3A3AAC

analogous

#AC733A #ACAC3A #73AC3A

triadic

#ACAC3A #3AACAC #AC3AAC

tetradic

#ACAC3A #3AAC73 #3A3AAC #AC3A73

square

#ACAC3A #3AAC73 #3A3AAC #AC3A73

split-complementary

#ACAC3A #3A73AC #733AAC

monochromatic

#50501B #7E7E2B #ACAC3A #C8C85B #D7D789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ACAC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC3A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC3A	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.134 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c477',
    500: '#acac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac3a;
$custom-light: #c8c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72309,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC3A

secondary

#8080C2

accent

#4FD94F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC3A

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

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