#ACAE2F#ACAE2F

#ACAE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.143 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE2F
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 73%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -15.86, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 62.84, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0499 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.143 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6635, 39.2489, 8.5440)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE2F #312FAE

analogous

#AE702F #ACAE2F #6CAE2F

triadic

#ACAE2F #2FACAE #AE2FAC

tetradic

#ACAE2F #2FAE70 #312FAE #AE2F6C

square

#ACAE2F #2FAE70 #312FAE #AE2F6C

split-complementary

#ACAE2F #2F6CAE #702FAE

monochromatic

#4D4E15 #7C7E22 #ACAE2F #CCCF4C #DADC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ACAE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE2F

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE2F	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.143 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c571',
    500: '#acae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae2f;
$custom-light: #c8c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.945,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE2F

secondary

#7675C4

accent

#47E14A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE2F

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

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