#ACAE55#ACAE55

#ACAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAE55
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 51.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -13.28, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 46.84, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0386 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.113 110)
XYZ	xyz(33.7897, 39.6994, 14.4753)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAE55 #5755AE

analogous

#AE8355 #ACAE55 #7FAE55

triadic

#ACAE55 #55ACAE #AE55AC

tetradic

#ACAE55 #55AE83 #5755AE #AE557F

square

#ACAE55 #55AE83 #5755AE #AE557F

split-complementary

#ACAE55 #557FAE #8355AE

monochromatic

#5B5D2C #848640 #ACAE55 #C0C27E #D4D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ACAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAE55

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAE55	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c687',
    500: '#acae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acae55;
$custom-light: #c7c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.348,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73034,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAE55

secondary

#9D9CC3

accent

#5CCB5F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAE55

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

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