#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
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -12.24, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 45.93, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0357 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.11 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4062, 38.9324, 14.3475)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##ACAC55	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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