#ACAE3D#ACAE3D

#ACAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.134 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE3D
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 64.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -15.10, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 57.55, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0464 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.134 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9926, 39.3805, 10.2772)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE3D #3F3DAE

analogous

#AE773D #ACAE3D #73AE3D

triadic

#ACAE3D #3DACAE #AE3DAC

tetradic

#ACAE3D #3DAE77 #3F3DAE #AE3D73

square

#ACAE3D #3DAE77 #3F3DAE #AE3D73

split-complementary

#ACAE3D #3D73AE #773DAE

monochromatic

#52531D #7F812D #ACAE3D #C6C861 #D6D78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE3D

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE3D	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.134 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c678',
    500: '#acae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae3d;
$custom-light: #c8c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.062,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72778,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE3D

secondary

#8685C2

accent

#50D853

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE3D

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

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