#ACAE43#ACAE43

#ACAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.129 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE43
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 61.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -14.70, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 55.04, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0446 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.129 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1634, 39.4489, 11.1765)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE43 #4543AE

analogous

#AE7A43 #ACAE43 #77AE43

triadic

#ACAE43 #43ACAE #AE43AC

tetradic

#ACAE43 #43AE7A #4543AE #AE4377

square

#ACAE43 #43AE7A #4543AE #AE4377

split-complementary

#ACAE43 #4377AE #7A43AE

monochromatic

#555621 #808232 #ACAE43 #C4C569 #D5D695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ACAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE43

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE43	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)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.129 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67c',
    500: '#acae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae43;
$custom-light: #c7c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.121,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72833,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE43

secondary

#8C8BC2

accent

#54D456

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE43

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

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