#ACAC3E#ACAC3E

#ACAC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.131 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC3E
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -14.00, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 56.31, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0432 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.131 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6363, 38.6244, 10.2926)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC3E #3E3EAC

analogous

#AC753E #ACAC3E #75AC3E

triadic

#ACAC3E #3EACAC #AC3EAC

tetradic

#ACAC3E #3EAC75 #3E3EAC #AC3E75

square

#ACAC3E #3EAC75 #3E3EAC #AC3E75

split-complementary

#ACAC3E #3E75AC #753EAC

monochromatic

#52521E #7F7F2E #ACAC3E #C6C661 #D6D68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ACAC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC3E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC3E	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)

#B9A530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.131 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c479',
    500: '#acac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac3e;
$custom-light: #c8c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.009,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72343,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC3E

secondary

#8585C1

accent

#51D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC3E

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

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