#ACAC41#ACAC41

#ACAC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; 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	#ACAC41
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -13.81, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 55.05, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0423 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.129 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7209, 38.6583, 10.7382)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC41 #4141AC

analogous

#AC7741 #ACAC41 #77AC41

triadic

#ACAC41 #41ACAC #AC41AC

tetradic

#ACAC41 #41AC77 #4141AC #AC4177

square

#ACAC41 #41AC77 #4141AC #AC4177

split-complementary

#ACAC41 #4177AC #7741AC

monochromatic

#53531F #808030 #ACAC41 #C5C565 #D6D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACAC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ACAC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC41

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC41	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)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c47b',
    500: '#acac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac41;
$custom-light: #c7c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC41

secondary

#8888C1

accent

#53D553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC41

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

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