#ACAD2E#ACAD2E

#ACAD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.143 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD2E
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 73.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -15.39, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 62.80, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0487 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.143 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4511, 38.8560, 8.3748)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD2E #2F2EAD

analogous

#AD6E2E #ACAD2E #6DAD2E

triadic

#ACAD2E #2EACAD #AD2EAC

tetradic

#ACAD2E #2EAD6E #2F2EAD #AD2E6D

square

#ACAD2E #2EAD6E #2F2EAD #AD2E6D

split-complementary

#ACAD2E #2E6DAD #6E2EAD

monochromatic

#4C4C14 #7C7D21 #ACAD2E #CECF49 #DBDC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACAD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#ACAD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD2E

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD2E	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)

#BBA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c570',
    500: '#acad2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad2e;
$custom-light: #c8c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.472,
    "s": 57.991,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72443,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD2E

secondary

#7473C4

accent

#47E148

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD2E

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

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