#ACAD29#ACAD29

#ACAD29 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	#ACAD29
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -15.61, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 64.45, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0498 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.146 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.3583, 38.8188, 7.8857)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD29 #2A29AD

analogous

#AD6C29 #ACAD29 #6AAD29

triadic

#ACAD29 #29ACAD #AD29AC

tetradic

#ACAD29 #29AD6C #2A29AD #AD296A

square

#ACAD29 #29AD6C #2A29AD #AD296A

split-complementary

#ACAD29 #296AAD #6C29AD

monochromatic

#4A4A12 #7B7C1D #ACAD29 #D1D241 #DDDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ACAD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD29

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD29	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)

#BBA505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.146 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56e',
    500: '#acad29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad29;
$custom-light: #c8c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72413,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD29

secondary

#6D6DC5

accent

#43E544

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD29

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

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