#ACAD44#ACAD44

#ACAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD44
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 60.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -14.12, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 54.18, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0429 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.127 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0012, 39.0760, 11.2717)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD44 #4544AD

analogous

#AD7944 #ACAD44 #78AD44

triadic

#ACAD44 #44ACAD #AD44AC

tetradic

#ACAD44 #44AD79 #4544AD #AD4478

square

#ACAD44 #44AD79 #4544AD #AD4478

split-complementary

#ACAD44 #4478AD #7944AD

monochromatic

#555521 #808133 #ACAD44 #C4C46A #D5D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ACAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD44

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD44	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c57c',
    500: '#acad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad44;
$custom-light: #c7c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD44

secondary

#8C8BC1

accent

#54D356

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD44

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

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