#ACAD2B#ACAD2B

#ACAD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.144 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD2B
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -15.53, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 63.81, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0494 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.144 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.3940, 38.8332, 8.0742)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD2B #2C2BAD

analogous

#AD6D2B #ACAD2B #6BAD2B

triadic

#ACAD2B #2BACAD #AD2BAC

tetradic

#ACAD2B #2BAD6D #2C2BAD #AD2B6B

square

#ACAD2B #2BAD6D #2C2BAD #AD2B6B

split-complementary

#ACAD2B #2B6BAD #6D2BAD

monochromatic

#4B4B13 #7B7C1F #ACAD2B #D0D145 #DCDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#ACAD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD2B

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD2B	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA50C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56f',
    500: '#acad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad2b;
$custom-light: #c8c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.14448,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.38832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD2B

secondary

#706FC4

accent

#44E346

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD2B

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

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