#ACAE3F#ACAE3F

#ACAE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.132 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE3F
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 63.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -14.97, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 56.73, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0458 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.132 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0475, 39.4025, 10.5663)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE3F #413FAE

analogous

#AE793F #ACAE3F #75AE3F

triadic

#ACAE3F #3FACAE #AE3FAC

tetradic

#ACAE3F #3FAE79 #413FAE #AE3F75

square

#ACAE3F #3FAE79 #413FAE #AE3F75

split-complementary

#ACAE3F #3F75AE #793FAE

monochromatic

#53541E #80812F #ACAE3F #C5C764 #D6D790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACAE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE3F

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE3F	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BBA731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.132 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c67a',
    500: '#acae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae3f;
$custom-light: #c8c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.081,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE3F

secondary

#8887C2

accent

#51D654

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE3F

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

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