#ACAE41#ACAE41

#ACAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.131 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE41
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -14.84, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 55.89, 105.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0452 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.131 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1044, 39.4253, 10.8660)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE41 #4341AE

analogous

#AE7A41 #ACAE41 #76AE41

triadic

#ACAE41 #41ACAE #AE41AC

tetradic

#ACAE41 #41AE7A #4341AE #AE4176

square

#ACAE41 #41AE7A #4341AE #AE4176

split-complementary

#ACAE41 #4176AE #7A41AE

monochromatic

#545520 #808130 #ACAE41 #C4C666 #D5D793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE41

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE41	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)

#BBA733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.131 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67b',
    500: '#acae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae41;
$custom-light: #c7c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.101,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE41

secondary

#8A89C2

accent

#53D555

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE41

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

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