#ACAE3E#ACAE3E

#ACAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE3E
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 64.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -15.03, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 57.14, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0461 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.133 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0198, 39.3914, 10.4204)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE3E #403EAE

analogous

#AE783E #ACAE3E #74AE3E

triadic

#ACAE3E #3EACAE #AE3EAC

tetradic

#ACAE3E #3EAE78 #403EAE #AE3E74

square

#ACAE3E #3EAE78 #403EAE #AE3E74

split-complementary

#ACAE3E #3E74AE #783EAE

monochromatic

#53541E #7F812E #ACAE3E #C5C762 #D6D78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE3E

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE3E	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)

#BBA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c679',
    500: '#acae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae3e;
$custom-light: #c8c679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.071,
    "s": 47.458,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72787,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE3E

secondary

#8786C2

accent

#51D753

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE3E

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

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