#ACAE26#ACAE26

#ACAE26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.148 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE26
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 38)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -16.24, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 65.74, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0518 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.148 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5004, 39.1836, 7.6845)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE26 #2826AE

analogous

#AE6C26 #ACAE26 #68AE26

triadic

#ACAE26 #26ACAE #AE26AC

tetradic

#ACAE26 #26AE6C #2826AE #AE2668

square

#ACAE26 #26AE6C #2826AE #AE2668

split-complementary

#ACAE26 #2668AE #6C26AE

monochromatic

#494A10 #7A7C1B #ACAE26 #D2D53D #DEE06F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAE26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ACAE26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE26

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE26	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)

#BDAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.148 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56d',
    500: '#acae26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae26;
$custom-light: #c9c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72619,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE26

secondary

#6B6AC6

accent

#41E743

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE26

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

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