#ACAC3C#ACAC3C

#ACAC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC3C
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -14.13, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 57.14, 104.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0438 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.132 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5825, 38.6029, 10.0088)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC3C #3C3CAC

analogous

#AC743C #ACAC3C #74AC3C

triadic

#ACAC3C #3CACAC #AC3CAC

tetradic

#ACAC3C #3CAC74 #3C3CAC #AC3C74

square

#ACAC3C #3CAC74 #3C3CAC #AC3C74

split-complementary

#ACAC3C #3C74AC #743CAC

monochromatic

#51511C #7F7F2C #ACAC3C #C7C75E #D7D78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ACAC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC3C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC3C	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)

#B9A52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c478',
    500: '#acac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac3c;
$custom-light: #c8c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72326,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC3C

secondary

#8282C1

accent

#50D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC3C

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

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