#ACAE36#ACAE36

#ACAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.139 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE36
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -15.50, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 60.31, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0482 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.139 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8162, 39.3100, 9.3482)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE36 #3836AE

analogous

#AE7436 #ACAE36 #70AE36

triadic

#ACAE36 #36ACAE #AE36AC

tetradic

#ACAE36 #36AE74 #3836AE #AE3670

square

#ACAE36 #36AE74 #3836AE #AE3670

split-complementary

#ACAE36 #3670AE #7436AE

monochromatic

#505119 #7E7F28 #ACAE36 #C9CB56 #D8D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ACAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE36

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE36	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)

#BCA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.139 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c575',
    500: '#acae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae36;
$custom-light: #c8c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72721,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE36

secondary

#7E7DC3

accent

#4CDC4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE36

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

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