#ACAD41#ACAD41

#ACAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD41
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -14.32, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 55.47, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0438 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.13 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9120, 39.0403, 10.8018)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD41 #4241AD

analogous

#AD7841 #ACAD41 #76AD41

triadic

#ACAD41 #41ACAD #AD41AC

tetradic

#ACAD41 #41AD78 #4241AD #AD4176

square

#ACAD41 #41AD78 #4241AD #AD4176

split-complementary

#ACAD41 #4176AD #7841AD

monochromatic

#545420 #808130 #ACAD41 #C5C566 #D6D692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#ACAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD41

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD41	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c57b',
    500: '#acad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad41;
$custom-light: #c7c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.556,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD41

secondary

#8988C2

accent

#53D554

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD41

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

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