#ACAE30#ACAE30

#ACAE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; 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	#ACAE30
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 72.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -15.81, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 62.50, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0497 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.143 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6839, 39.2571, 8.6514)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE30 #3230AE

analogous

#AE7130 #ACAE30 #6DAE30

triadic

#ACAE30 #30ACAE #AE30AC

tetradic

#ACAE30 #30AE71 #3230AE #AE306D

square

#ACAE30 #30AE71 #3230AE #AE306D

split-complementary

#ACAE30 #306DAE #7130AE

monochromatic

#4D4E16 #7D7E23 #ACAE30 #CCCE4D #DADB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ACAE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE30

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE30	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)

#BCA618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.143 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c571',
    500: '#acae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae30;
$custom-light: #c8c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE30

secondary

#7776C4

accent

#48E04A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE30

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

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