#ACAE25#ACAE25

#ACAE25 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 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE25
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -16.28, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 66.03, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0519 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.149 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4844, 39.1773, 7.6007)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE25 #2725AE

analogous

#AE6C25 #ACAE25 #68AE25

triadic

#ACAE25 #25ACAE #AE25AC

tetradic

#ACAE25 #25AE6C #2725AE #AE2568

square

#ACAE25 #25AE6C #2725AE #AE2568

split-complementary

#ACAE25 #2568AE #6C25AE

monochromatic

#484910 #7A7C1A #ACAE25 #D3D53B #DEE06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ACAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE25

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE25	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.149 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56c',
    500: '#acae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae25;
$custom-light: #c9c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.876,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE25

secondary

#6A68C6

accent

#40E842

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE25

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

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