#ACAE42#ACAE42

#ACAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE42
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -14.77, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 55.47, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0449 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.13 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1337, 39.4370, 11.0199)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE42 #4442AE

analogous

#AE7A42 #ACAE42 #76AE42

triadic

#ACAE42 #42ACAE #AE42AC

tetradic

#ACAE42 #42AE7A #4442AE #AE4276

square

#ACAE42 #42AE7A #4442AE #AE4276

split-complementary

#ACAE42 #4276AE #7A42AE

monochromatic

#545520 #808231 #ACAE42 #C4C668 #D5D694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ACAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE42

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE42	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67b',
    500: '#acae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae42;
$custom-light: #c7c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72824,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE42

secondary

#8B8AC2

accent

#53D556

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE42

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

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