#ACAD32#ACAD32

#ACAD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD32
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 71.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -15.20, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 61.39, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0478 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.14 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5337, 38.8890, 8.8096)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD32 #3332AD

analogous

#AD7032 #ACAD32 #6EAD32

triadic

#ACAD32 #32ACAD #AD32AC

tetradic

#ACAD32 #32AD70 #3332AD #AD326E

square

#ACAD32 #32AD70 #3332AD #AD326E

split-complementary

#ACAD32 #326EAD #7032AD

monochromatic

#4E4E17 #7D7E24 #ACAD32 #CBCC50 #D9DA7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACAD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ACAD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD32

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD32	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)

#BBA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c572',
    500: '#acad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad32;
$custom-light: #c8c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD32

secondary

#7878C3

accent

#49DE4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD32

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

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