#ACAE32#ACAE32

#ACAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.141 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE32
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -15.71, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 61.78, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0492 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.141 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7261, 39.2740, 8.8737)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE32 #3432AE

analogous

#AE7232 #ACAE32 #6EAE32

triadic

#ACAE32 #32ACAE #AE32AC

tetradic

#ACAE32 #32AE72 #3432AE #AE326E

square

#ACAE32 #32AE72 #3432AE #AE326E

split-complementary

#ACAE32 #326EAE #7232AE

monochromatic

#4E4F17 #7D7E24 #ACAE32 #CBCD50 #D9DA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#ACAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE32

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE32	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)

#BCA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.141 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c572',
    500: '#acae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae32;
$custom-light: #c8c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.968,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE32

secondary

#7978C4

accent

#49DF4C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE32

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

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