#ACAE34#ACAE34

#ACAE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE34
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 70.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -15.61, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 61.05, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0487 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.14 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7702, 39.2916, 9.1059)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE34 #3634AE

analogous

#AE7334 #ACAE34 #6FAE34

triadic

#ACAE34 #34ACAE #AE34AC

tetradic

#ACAE34 #34AE73 #3634AE #AE346F

square

#ACAE34 #34AE73 #3634AE #AE346F

split-complementary

#ACAE34 #346FAE #7334AE

monochromatic

#4F5018 #7D7F26 #ACAE34 #CACC53 #D8DA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ACAE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE34

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE34	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c573',
    500: '#acae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae34;
$custom-light: #c8c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.984,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE34

secondary

#7C7BC3

accent

#4ADD4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE34

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

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