#ACAE49#ACAE49

#ACAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.124 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE49
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 58%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -14.27, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 52.40, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0427 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.124 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3528, 39.5246, 12.1741)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE49 #4B49AE

analogous

#AE7D49 #ACAE49 #79AE49

triadic

#ACAE49 #49ACAE #AE49AC

tetradic

#ACAE49 #49AE7D #4B49AE #AE4979

square

#ACAE49 #49AE7D #4B49AE #AE4979

split-complementary

#ACAE49 #4979AE #7D49AE

monochromatic

#575825 #818337 #ACAE49 #C2C371 #D4D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ACAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE49

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE49	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)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.124 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c680',
    500: '#acae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae49;
$custom-light: #c7c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.188,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72894,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE49

secondary

#9291C2

accent

#57D159

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE49

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

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