#ACAD36#ACAD36

#ACAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD36
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -14.99, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 59.91, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0468 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.138 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6238, 38.9251, 9.2841)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD36 #3736AD

analogous

#AD7336 #ACAD36 #71AD36

triadic

#ACAD36 #36ACAD #AD36AC

tetradic

#ACAD36 #36AD73 #3736AD #AD3671

square

#ACAD36 #36AD73 #3736AD #AD3671

split-complementary

#ACAD36 #3671AD #7336AD

monochromatic

#4F5019 #7E7E27 #ACAD36 #C9CA56 #D8D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ACAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD36

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD36	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)

#BBA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c574',
    500: '#acad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad36;
$custom-light: #c8c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD36

secondary

#7D7CC2

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD36

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

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