#ACAE47#ACAE47

#ACAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.126 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE47
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 59.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -14.42, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 53.29, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0434 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.126 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2876, 39.4985, 11.8305)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE47 #4947AE

analogous

#AE7C47 #ACAE47 #78AE47

triadic

#ACAE47 #47ACAE #AE47AC

tetradic

#ACAE47 #47AE7C #4947AE #AE4778

square

#ACAE47 #47AE7C #4947AE #AE4778

split-complementary

#ACAE47 #4778AE #7C47AE

monochromatic

#565724 #818335 #ACAE47 #C2C46E #D5D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ACAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE47

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE47	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.126 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67e',
    500: '#acae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae47;
$custom-light: #c7c67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.165,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE47

secondary

#908FC2

accent

#56D258

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE47

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

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