#ACAE3B#ACAE3B

#ACAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.135 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE3B
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -15.22, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 58.36, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0469 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.135 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9398, 39.3594, 9.9988)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE3B #3D3BAE

analogous

#AE763B #ACAE3B #73AE3B

triadic

#ACAE3B #3BACAE #AE3BAC

tetradic

#ACAE3B #3BAE76 #3D3BAE #AE3B73

square

#ACAE3B #3BAE76 #3D3BAE #AE3B73

split-complementary

#ACAE3B #3B73AE #763BAE

monochromatic

#52531C #7F802C #ACAE3B #C7C85E #D7D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ACAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE3B

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE3B	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)

#BBA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.135 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c677',
    500: '#acae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae3b;
$custom-light: #c8c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.043,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72761,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE3B

secondary

#8482C2

accent

#4FD951

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE3B

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

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