#ACAF27#ACAF27

#ACAF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.149 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAF27
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -16.71, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 65.81, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.053 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.149 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7106, 39.5780, 7.8353)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF27 #2A27AF

analogous

#AF6E27 #ACAF27 #68AF27

triadic

#ACAF27 #27ACAF #AF27AC

tetradic

#ACAF27 #27AF6E #2A27AF #AF2768

square

#ACAF27 #27AF6E #2A27AF #AF2768

split-complementary

#ACAF27 #2768AF #6E27AF

monochromatic

#4A4B11 #7B7D1C #ACAF27 #D1D43F #DDDF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACAF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF27

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF27	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)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.149 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c66d',
    500: '#acaf27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf27;
$custom-light: #c8c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.324,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF27

secondary

#6D6BC6

accent

#41E745

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF27

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

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