#ACAC3B#ACAC3B

#ACAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.133 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC3B
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -14.19, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 57.54, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.044 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.133 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5563, 38.5924, 9.8709)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC3B #3B3BAC

analogous

#AC733B #ACAC3B #73AC3B

triadic

#ACAC3B #3BACAC #AC3BAC

tetradic

#ACAC3B #3BAC73 #3B3BAC #AC3B73

square

#ACAC3B #3BAC73 #3B3BAC #AC3B73

split-complementary

#ACAC3B #3B73AC #733BAC

monochromatic

#51511C #7E7E2B #ACAC3B #C7C75D #D7D78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ACAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC3B

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC3B	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)

#BAA52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.133 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c477',
    500: '#acac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac3b;
$custom-light: #c8c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC3B

secondary

#8181C1

accent

#4FD84F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC3B

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

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