#ACAE31#ACAE31

#ACAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.142 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE31
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 71.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -15.76, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 62.14, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0495 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.142 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7048, 39.2654, 8.7613)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE31 #3331AE

analogous

#AE7131 #ACAE31 #6DAE31

triadic

#ACAE31 #31ACAE #AE31AC

tetradic

#ACAE31 #31AE71 #3331AE #AE316D

square

#ACAE31 #31AE71 #3331AE #AE316D

split-complementary

#ACAE31 #316DAE #7131AE

monochromatic

#4E4E16 #7D7E24 #ACAE31 #CBCD4F #D9DB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ACAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE31

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE31	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)

#BCA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.142 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c572',
    500: '#acae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae31;
$custom-light: #c8c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE31

secondary

#7877C4

accent

#48DF4B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE31

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

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