#ACAD47#ACAD47

#ACAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAD47
RGB	rgb(172, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 59%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -13.90, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 52.86, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0419 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.125 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0951, 39.1136, 11.7663)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAD47 #4847AD

analogous

#AD7B47 #ACAD47 #79AD47

triadic

#ACAD47 #47ACAD #AD47AC

tetradic

#ACAD47 #47AD7B #4847AD #AD4779

square

#ACAD47 #47AD7B #4847AD #AD4779

split-complementary

#ACAD47 #4779AD #7B47AD

monochromatic

#565623 #818235 #ACAD47 #C3C36E #D5D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ACAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAD47

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAD47	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)

#BAA63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c57e',
    500: '#acad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acad47;
$custom-light: #c7c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 41.803,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAD47

secondary

#8F8EC1

accent

#56D257

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAD47

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

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