#ACAE37#ACAE37

#ACAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.138 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE37
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -15.45, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 59.92, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.048 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.138 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8400, 39.3195, 9.4732)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE37 #3937AE

analogous

#AE7437 #ACAE37 #71AE37

triadic

#ACAE37 #37ACAE #AE37AC

tetradic

#ACAE37 #37AE74 #3937AE #AE3771

square

#ACAE37 #37AE74 #3937AE #AE3771

split-complementary

#ACAE37 #3771AE #7437AE

monochromatic

#50511A #7E7F28 #ACAE37 #C8CA58 #D8D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ACAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE37

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE37	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)

#BCA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.138 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c575',
    500: '#acae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae37;
$custom-light: #c8c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE37

secondary

#7F7EC3

accent

#4CDB4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE37

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

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