#ACAE23#ACAE23

#ACAE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.149 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE23
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -16.35, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 66.60, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0523 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.149 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4539, 39.1651, 7.4398)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE23 #2523AE

analogous

#AE6A23 #ACAE23 #66AE23

triadic

#ACAE23 #23ACAE #AE23AC

tetradic

#ACAE23 #23AE6A #2523AE #AE2366

square

#ACAE23 #23AE6A #2523AE #AE2366

split-complementary

#ACAE23 #2366AE #6A23AE

monochromatic

#47480F #7A7B19 #ACAE23 #D5D737 #DFE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#ACAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE23

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE23	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.149 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56c',
    500: '#acae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae23;
$custom-light: #c9c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.863,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72604,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE23

secondary

#6766C7

accent

#3EE941

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE23

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

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