#ACAE29#ACAE29

#ACAE29 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	#ACAE29
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 76.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -16.12, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 64.82, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0512 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.147 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5507, 39.2038, 7.9498)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE29 #2B29AE

analogous

#AE6D29 #ACAE29 #6AAE29

triadic

#ACAE29 #29ACAE #AE29AC

tetradic

#ACAE29 #29AE6D #2B29AE #AE296A

square

#ACAE29 #29AE6D #2B29AE #AE296A

split-complementary

#ACAE29 #296AAE #6D29AE

monochromatic

#4A4B12 #7B7C1D #ACAE29 #D0D242 #DCDE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACAE29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ACAE29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE29

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE29	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)

#BCA604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.147 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56e',
    500: '#acae29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae29;
$custom-light: #c8c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.902,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.14656,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE29

secondary

#6F6DC5

accent

#43E545

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE29

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

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