#ACAD26#ACAD26

#ACAD26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.147 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD26
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -15.73, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 65.37, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0503 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.147 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.3079, 38.7987, 7.6204)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD26 #2726AD

analogous

#AD6B26 #ACAD26 #69AD26

triadic

#ACAD26 #26ACAD #AD26AC

tetradic

#ACAD26 #26AD6B #2726AD #AD2669

square

#ACAD26 #26AD6B #2726AD #AD2669

split-complementary

#ACAD26 #2669AD #6B26AD

monochromatic

#484910 #7A7B1B #ACAD26 #D3D43C #DEDF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAD26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ACAD26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD26

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD26	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)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.147 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56d',
    500: '#acad26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad26;
$custom-light: #c9c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.38798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD26

secondary

#6A69C6

accent

#41E742

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD26

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

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