#ACAD22#ACAD22

#ACAD22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.149 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD22
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -15.87, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 66.52, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.051 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.149 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.2468, 38.7743, 7.2986)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD22 #2322AD

analogous

#AD6922 #ACAD22 #66AD22

triadic

#ACAD22 #22ACAD #AD22AC

tetradic

#ACAD22 #22AD69 #2322AD #AD2266

square

#ACAD22 #22AD69 #2322AD #AD2266

split-complementary

#ACAD22 #2266AD #6922AD

monochromatic

#46470E #797A18 #ACAD22 #D6D735 #E0E168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#ACAD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD22

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD22	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)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.149 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56b',
    500: '#acad22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad22;
$custom-light: #c9c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72377,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.38773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD22

secondary

#6464C7

accent

#3EEA3F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD22

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

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