#ACAE4D#ACAE4D

#ACAE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.120 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE4D
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 55.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -13.96, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 50.59, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0414 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.12 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4897, 39.5794, 12.8952)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE4D #4F4DAE

analogous

#AE804D #ACAE4D #7CAE4D

triadic

#ACAE4D #4DACAE #AE4DAC

tetradic

#ACAE4D #4DAE80 #4F4DAE #AE4D7C

square

#ACAE4D #4DAE80 #4F4DAE #AE4D7C

split-complementary

#ACAE4D #4D7CAE #804DAE

monochromatic

#585927 #82843A #ACAE4D #C1C276 #D4D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE4D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE4D	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.120 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c682',
    500: '#acae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae4d;
$custom-light: #c7c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.237,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE4D

secondary

#9695C2

accent

#59CF5C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE4D

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

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