#ACAD2A#ACAD2A

#ACAD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.145 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD2A
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -15.57, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 64.13, 104.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0496 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.145 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.3759, 38.8259, 7.9787)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD2A #2B2AAD

analogous

#AD6D2A #ACAD2A #6BAD2A

triadic

#ACAD2A #2AACAD #AD2AAC

tetradic

#ACAD2A #2AAD6D #2B2AAD #AD2A6B

square

#ACAD2A #2AAD6D #2B2AAD #AD2A6B

split-complementary

#ACAD2A #2A6BAD #6D2AAD

monochromatic

#4A4B12 #7B7C1E #ACAD2A #D0D143 #DCDD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ACAD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD2A

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD2A	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)

#BBA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.145 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56e',
    500: '#acad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad2a;
$custom-light: #c8c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.38825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD2A

secondary

#6F6EC5

accent

#44E445

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD2A

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

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