#ACAD31#ACAD31

#ACAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD31
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -15.25, 59.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 61.75, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.048 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.141 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5123, 38.8805, 8.6972)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD31 #3231AD

analogous

#AD7031 #ACAD31 #6EAD31

triadic

#ACAD31 #31ACAD #AD31AC

tetradic

#ACAD31 #31AD70 #3231AD #AD316E

square

#ACAD31 #31AD70 #3231AD #AD316E

split-complementary

#ACAD31 #316EAD #7031AD

monochromatic

#4D4E16 #7D7D23 #ACAD31 #CCCD4E #DADA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ACAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD31

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD31	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c572',
    500: '#acad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad31;
$custom-light: #c8c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72463,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD31

secondary

#7777C3

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD31

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

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