#ACAE44#ACAE44

#ACAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.128 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE44
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 60.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -14.63, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 54.61, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0443 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.128 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1937, 39.4610, 11.3359)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE44 #4644AE

analogous

#AE7B44 #ACAE44 #77AE44

triadic

#ACAE44 #44ACAE #AE44AC

tetradic

#ACAE44 #44AE7B #4644AE #AE4477

square

#ACAE44 #44AE7B #4644AE #AE4477

split-complementary

#ACAE44 #4477AE #7B44AE

monochromatic

#555622 #818233 #ACAE44 #C3C56A #D5D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ACAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE44

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE44	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)

#BBA737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.128 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67d',
    500: '#acae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae44;
$custom-light: #c7c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.132,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72843,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE44

secondary

#8D8CC2

accent

#54D457

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE44

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

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