#ACAE35#ACAE35

#ACAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.139 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE35
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 69.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -15.56, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 60.68, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0485 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.139 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7930, 39.3007, 9.2258)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE35 #3735AE

analogous

#AE7435 #ACAE35 #6FAE35

triadic

#ACAE35 #35ACAE #AE35AC

tetradic

#ACAE35 #35AE74 #3735AE #AE356F

square

#ACAE35 #35AE74 #3735AE #AE356F

split-complementary

#ACAE35 #356FAE #7435AE

monochromatic

#4F5018 #7E7F27 #ACAE35 #C9CB55 #D8DA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ACAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE35

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE35	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)

#BCA621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.139 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c574',
    500: '#acae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae35;
$custom-light: #c8c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE35

secondary

#7D7CC3

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE35

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

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