#ACAD2D#ACAD2D

#ACAD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.143 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD2D
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 74%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -15.44, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 63.14, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0489 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.143 110)
XYZ	xyz(32.4316, 38.8482, 8.2722)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD2D #2E2DAD

analogous

#AD6E2D #ACAD2D #6CAD2D

triadic

#ACAD2D #2DACAD #AD2DAC

tetradic

#ACAD2D #2DAD6E #2E2DAD #AD2D6C

square

#ACAD2D #2DAD6E #2E2DAD #AD2D6C

split-complementary

#ACAD2D #2D6CAD #6E2DAD

monochromatic

#4B4C14 #7C7C20 #ACAD2D #CECF48 #DBDC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACAD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#ACAD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD2D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD2D	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#BBA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c570',
    500: '#acad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad2d;
$custom-light: #c8c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 58.716,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72437,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.38847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD2D

secondary

#7272C4

accent

#46E247

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD2D

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

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