#ACAE38#ACAE38

#ACAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE38
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -15.39, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 59.54, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0477 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.137 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8642, 39.3292, 9.6007)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE38 #3A38AE

analogous

#AE7538 #ACAE38 #71AE38

triadic

#ACAE38 #38ACAE #AE38AC

tetradic

#ACAE38 #38AE75 #3A38AE #AE3871

square

#ACAE38 #38AE75 #3A38AE #AE3871

split-complementary

#ACAE38 #3871AE #7538AE

monochromatic

#50511A #7E8029 #ACAE38 #C8CA59 #D7D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ACAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE38

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE38	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c576',
    500: '#acae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae38;
$custom-light: #c8c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72737,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE38

secondary

#807FC3

accent

#4DDB4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE38

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

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