#ACAD2C#ACAD2C

#ACAD2C 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	#ACAD2C
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -15.48, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 63.48, 104.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0491 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.144 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.4126, 38.8406, 8.1720)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD2C #2D2CAD

analogous

#AD6D2C #ACAD2C #6CAD2C

triadic

#ACAD2C #2CACAD #AD2CAC

tetradic

#ACAD2C #2CAD6D #2D2CAD #AD2C6C

square

#ACAD2C #2CAD6D #2D2CAD #AD2C6C

split-complementary

#ACAD2C #2C6CAD #6D2CAD

monochromatic

#4B4B13 #7B7C20 #ACAD2C #CFD046 #DCDC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACAD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#ACAD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD2C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD2C	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)

#BBA50F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.144 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56f',
    500: '#acad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad2c;
$custom-light: #c8c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.465,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7243,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.3884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD2C

secondary

#7171C4

accent

#45E346

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD2C

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

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