#ACAE45#ACAE45

#ACAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE45
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -14.56, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 54.17, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.044 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.127 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2244, 39.4733, 11.4980)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE45 #4745AE

analogous

#AE7C45 #ACAE45 #77AE45

triadic

#ACAE45 #45ACAE #AE45AC

tetradic

#ACAE45 #45AE7C #4745AE #AE4577

square

#ACAE45 #45AE7C #4745AE #AE4577

split-complementary

#ACAE45 #4577AE #7C45AE

monochromatic

#555622 #818234 #ACAE45 #C3C56C #D5D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ACAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE45

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE45	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)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67d',
    500: '#acae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae45;
$custom-light: #c7c67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE45

secondary

#8E8DC2

accent

#55D357

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE45

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

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