#ACAE27#ACAE27

#ACAE27 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	#ACAE27
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -16.20, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 65.44, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0516 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.148 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5167, 39.1902, 7.7706)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE27 #2927AE

analogous

#AE6D27 #ACAE27 #69AE27

triadic

#ACAE27 #27ACAE #AE27AC

tetradic

#ACAE27 #27AE6D #2927AE #AE2769

square

#ACAE27 #27AE6D #2927AE #AE2769

split-complementary

#ACAE27 #2769AE #6D27AE

monochromatic

#494A11 #7B7C1C #ACAE27 #D2D43E #DDDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ACAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE27

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE27	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)

#BDAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.148 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56d',
    500: '#acae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae27;
$custom-light: #c8c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72625,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE27

secondary

#6C6BC6

accent

#41E644

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE27

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

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