#ACAD28#ACAD28

#ACAD28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.146 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD28
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -15.65, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 64.76, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.05 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.146 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.3410, 38.8120, 7.7949)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD28 #2928AD

analogous

#AD6C28 #ACAD28 #6AAD28

triadic

#ACAD28 #28ACAD #AD28AC

tetradic

#ACAD28 #28AD6C #2928AD #AD286A

square

#ACAD28 #28AD6C #2928AD #AD286A

split-complementary

#ACAD28 #286AAD #6C28AD

monochromatic

#494A11 #7B7B1D #ACAD28 #D2D33F #DDDE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ACAD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD28

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD28	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)

#BBA502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.146 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56e',
    500: '#acad28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad28;
$custom-light: #c8c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72407,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.38811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD28

secondary

#6C6CC5

accent

#42E644

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD28

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

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