#ACAE48#ACAE48

#ACAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE48
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 58.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -14.34, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 52.85, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0431 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.125 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3199, 39.5115, 12.0009)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE48 #4A48AE

analogous

#AE7D48 #ACAE48 #79AE48

triadic

#ACAE48 #48ACAE #AE48AC

tetradic

#ACAE48 #48AE7D #4A48AE #AE4879

square

#ACAE48 #48AE7D #4A48AE #AE4879

split-complementary

#ACAE48 #4879AE #7D48AE

monochromatic

#565724 #818336 #ACAE48 #C2C470 #D4D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ACAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE48

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE48	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)

#BBA73D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67f',
    500: '#acae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae48;
$custom-light: #c7c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72884,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE48

secondary

#9190C2

accent

#57D159

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE48

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

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