#ACAE28#ACAE28

#ACAE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.147 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE28
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -16.16, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 65.13, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0514 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.147 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5335, 39.1969, 7.8591)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE28 #2A28AE

analogous

#AE6D28 #ACAE28 #69AE28

triadic

#ACAE28 #28ACAE #AE28AC

tetradic

#ACAE28 #28AE6D #2A28AE #AE2869

square

#ACAE28 #28AE6D #2A28AE #AE2869

split-complementary

#ACAE28 #2869AE #6D28AE

monochromatic

#4A4A11 #7B7C1D #ACAE28 #D1D340 #DDDF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ACAE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE28

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE28	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)

#BCA601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.147 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56e',
    500: '#acae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae28;
$custom-light: #c8c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE28

secondary

#6D6CC6

accent

#42E645

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE28

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

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