#ACAC45#ACAC45

#ACAC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC45
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -13.53, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 53.32, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0411 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.125 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8409, 38.7063, 11.3702)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC45 #4545AC

analogous

#AC7945 #ACAC45 #79AC45

triadic

#ACAC45 #45ACAC #AC45AC

tetradic

#ACAC45 #45AC79 #4545AC #AC4579

square

#ACAC45 #45AC79 #4545AC #AC4579

split-complementary

#ACAC45 #4579AC #7945AC

monochromatic

#555522 #808033 #ACAC45 #C4C46B #D5D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#ACAC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC45

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC45	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c47d',
    500: '#acac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac45;
$custom-light: #c7c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7241,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC45

secondary

#8C8CC1

accent

#55D355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC45

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

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