#ACAE2C#ACAE2C

#ACAE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.145 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE2C
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -16.00, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 63.86, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0506 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.145 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6051, 39.2255, 8.2361)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE2C #2E2CAE

analogous

#AE6F2C #ACAE2C #6BAE2C

triadic

#ACAE2C #2CACAE #AE2CAC

tetradic

#ACAE2C #2CAE6F #2E2CAE #AE2C6B

square

#ACAE2C #2CAE6F #2E2CAE #AE2C6B

split-complementary

#ACAE2C #2C6BAE #6F2CAE

monochromatic

#4B4C13 #7C7D20 #ACAE2C #CED047 #DBDD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#ACAE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE2C

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE2C	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BCA60E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.145 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c56f',
    500: '#acae2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae2c;
$custom-light: #c8c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72653,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE2C

secondary

#7271C5

accent

#45E347

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE2C

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

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