#ACAC42#ACAC42

#ACAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC42
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -13.74, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 54.62, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.042 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.128 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7502, 38.6700, 10.8921)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC42 #4242AC

analogous

#AC7742 #ACAC42 #77AC42

triadic

#ACAC42 #42ACAC #AC42AC

tetradic

#ACAC42 #42AC77 #4242AC #AC4277

square

#ACAC42 #42AC77 #4242AC #AC4277

split-complementary

#ACAC42 #4277AC #7742AC

monochromatic

#545420 #808031 #ACAC42 #C5C567 #D6D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ACAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC42

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC42	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B9A535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c47b',
    500: '#acac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac42;
$custom-light: #c7c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72381,
    "c": 0.1277,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC42

secondary

#8989C1

accent

#54D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC42

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

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