#ACAC47#ACAC47

#ACAC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.123 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC47
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -13.39, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 52.43, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0405 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.123 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9041, 38.7315, 11.7027)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC47 #4747AC

analogous

#AC7947 #ACAC47 #79AC47

triadic

#ACAC47 #47ACAC #AC47AC

tetradic

#ACAC47 #47AC79 #4747AC #AC4779

square

#ACAC47 #47AC79 #4747AC #AC4779

split-complementary

#ACAC47 #4779AC #7947AC

monochromatic

#555523 #818135 #ACAC47 #C3C36D #D5D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#ACAC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC47

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC47	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.123 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c47e',
    500: '#acac47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac47;
$custom-light: #c7c47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72431,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC47

secondary

#8E8EC1

accent

#56D156

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC47

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

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