#ACAC46#ACAC46

#ACAC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.124 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC46
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -13.46, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 52.88, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0408 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.124 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8722, 38.7188, 11.5350)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC46 #4646AC

analogous

#AC7946 #ACAC46 #79AC46

triadic

#ACAC46 #46ACAC #AC46AC

tetradic

#ACAC46 #46AC79 #4646AC #AC4679

square

#ACAC46 #46AC79 #4646AC #AC4679

split-complementary

#ACAC46 #4679AC #7946AC

monochromatic

#555523 #818134 #ACAC46 #C3C36C #D5D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#ACAC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC46

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC46	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)

#B9A53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.124 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c47e',
    500: '#acac46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac46;
$custom-light: #c7c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7242,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC46

secondary

#8D8DC1

accent

#56D256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC46

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

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