#ACAC52#ACAC52

#ACAC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.113 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC52
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -12.50, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 47.36, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.0367 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.113 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2896, 38.8857, 13.7331)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC52 #5252AC

analogous

#AC7F52 #ACAC52 #7FAC52

triadic

#ACAC52 #52ACAC #AC52AC

tetradic

#ACAC52 #52AC7F #5252AC #AC527F

square

#ACAC52 #52AC7F #5252AC #AC527F

split-complementary

#ACAC52 #527FAC #7F52AC

monochromatic

#59592A #83833E #ACAC52 #C0C07B #D4D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACAC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ACAC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC52

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC52	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.113 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c485',
    500: '#acac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac52;
$custom-light: #c7c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.433,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72556,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC52

secondary

#9999C1

accent

#5CCB5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC52

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

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