#ACAE4A#ACAE4A

#ACAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE4A
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 57.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -14.19, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 51.95, 105.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0424 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.123 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3862, 39.5380, 12.3501)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE4A #4C4AAE

analogous

#AE7E4A #ACAE4A #7AAE4A

triadic

#ACAE4A #4AACAE #AE4AAC

tetradic

#ACAE4A #4AAE7E #4C4AAE #AE4A7A

square

#ACAE4A #4AAE7E #4C4AAE #AE4A7A

split-complementary

#ACAE4A #4A7AAE #7E4AAE

monochromatic

#575825 #828338 #ACAE4A #C1C372 #D4D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ACAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE4A

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE4A	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c680',
    500: '#acae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae4a;
$custom-light: #c7c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE4A

secondary

#9392C2

accent

#58D05A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE4A

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

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