#ACAF29#ACAF29

#ACAF29 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	#ACAF29
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 76.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -16.63, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 65.20, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0526 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.148 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7446, 39.5916, 8.0144)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF29 #2C29AF

analogous

#AF6F29 #ACAF29 #69AF29

triadic

#ACAF29 #29ACAF #AF29AC

tetradic

#ACAF29 #29AF6F #2C29AF #AF2969

square

#ACAF29 #29AF6F #2C29AF #AF2969

split-complementary

#ACAF29 #2969AF #6F29AF

monochromatic

#4B4C12 #7B7D1D #ACAF29 #D0D342 #DCDE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAF29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACAF29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF29

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF29	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#BDA704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.148 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c66e',
    500: '#acaf29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf29;
$custom-light: #c8c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.343,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF29

secondary

#706EC6

accent

#43E546

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF29

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

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