#ACAC55#ACAC55

#ACAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#ACAC55
RGBrgb(172, 172, 85)
HSLhsl(60, 34%, 50%)
HSVhsv(60, 51%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 50.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.70, -12.24, 44.26)
CIE-LCHlch(68.70, 45.93, 105.46°)
OKLaboklab(72.59% -0.0357 0.1044)
OKLCHoklch(72.59% 0.11 108.9)
XYZxyz(33.4062, 38.9324, 14.3475)
Luminance0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#ACAC55 #5555AC
analogous
#AC8055 #ACAC55 #80AC55
triadic
#ACAC55 #55ACAC #AC55AC
tetradic
#ACAC55 #55AC80 #5555AC #AC5580
square
#ACAC55 #55AC80 #5555AC #AC5580
split-complementary
#ACAC55 #5580AC #8055AC
monochromatic
#5A5A2C #848440 #ACAC55 #C0C07E #D4D4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#ACAC55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79
#ACAC55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC55
8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##ACAC55#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##ACAC551.002.398.798.79
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7921.001.001.00
##0000008.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A64D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A959
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6A398
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #acac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 108.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c487',
    500: '#acac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #acac55;
$custom-light: #c7c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#acac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72594,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#ACAC55
secondary
#9B9BC2
accent
#5DCA5D
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F8F8F0
border
#D1D1CB
text
#13120B
muted
#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC55

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#ACAC55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva