#ACAC40#ACAC40

#ACAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC40
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -13.88, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 55.48, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0426 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.129 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6922, 38.6468, 10.5869)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC40 #4040AC

analogous

#AC7640 #ACAC40 #76AC40

triadic

#ACAC40 #40ACAC #AC40AC

tetradic

#ACAC40 #40AC76 #4040AC #AC4076

square

#ACAC40 #40AC76 #4040AC #AC4076

split-complementary

#ACAC40 #4076AC #7640AC

monochromatic

#53531F #7F7F2F #ACAC40 #C5C564 #D6D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ACAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC40

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC40	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c47a',
    500: '#acac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac40;
$custom-light: #c7c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72362,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC40

secondary

#8787C1

accent

#52D552

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC40

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

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