#ACAD33#ACAD33

#ACAD33 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	#ACAD33
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -15.15, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 61.03, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0475 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.14 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5555, 38.8977, 8.9244)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD33 #3433AD

analogous

#AD7133 #ACAD33 #6FAD33

triadic

#ACAD33 #33ACAD #AD33AC

tetradic

#ACAD33 #33AD71 #3433AD #AD336F

square

#ACAD33 #33AD71 #3433AD #AD336F

split-complementary

#ACAD33 #336FAD #7133AD

monochromatic

#4E4E17 #7D7E25 #ACAD33 #CBCC51 #D9DA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ACAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD33

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD33	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)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c573',
    500: '#acad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad33;
$custom-light: #c8c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72477,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD33

secondary

#7979C3

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD33

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

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