#ACAF28#ACAF28

#ACAF28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.148 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAF28
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 40)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -16.67, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 65.51, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0528 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.148 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7274, 39.5847, 7.9237)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF28 #2B28AF

analogous

#AF6E28 #ACAF28 #69AF28

triadic

#ACAF28 #28ACAF #AF28AC

tetradic

#ACAF28 #28AF6E #2B28AF #AF2869

square

#ACAF28 #28AF6E #2B28AF #AF2869

split-complementary

#ACAF28 #2869AF #6E28AF

monochromatic

#4A4B11 #7B7D1D #ACAF28 #D0D441 #DCDF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACAF28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACAF28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF28

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF28	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)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.148 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c66e',
    500: '#acaf28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf28;
$custom-light: #c8c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF28

secondary

#6F6DC6

accent

#42E646

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF28

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

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