#ACAD23#ACAD23

#ACAD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.148 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD23
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -15.84, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 66.24, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0509 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.149 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.2614, 38.7801, 7.3757)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD23 #2423AD

analogous

#AD6923 #ACAD23 #67AD23

triadic

#ACAD23 #23ACAD #AD23AC

tetradic

#ACAD23 #23AD69 #2423AD #AD2367

square

#ACAD23 #23AD69 #2423AD #AD2367

split-complementary

#ACAD23 #2367AD #6923AD

monochromatic

#47470E #797A19 #ACAD23 #D5D637 #E0E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ACAD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD23

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD23	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.148 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56b',
    500: '#acad23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad23;
$custom-light: #c9c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72381,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.38779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD23

secondary

#6665C7

accent

#3FE940

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD23

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

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