#ACAF2A#ACAF2A

#ACAF2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.147 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAF2A
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -16.59, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 64.88, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0524 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.147 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7623, 39.5987, 8.1075)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF2A #2D2AAF

analogous

#AF6F2A #ACAF2A #6AAF2A

triadic

#ACAF2A #2AACAF #AF2AAC

tetradic

#ACAF2A #2AAF6F #2D2AAF #AF2A6A

square

#ACAF2A #2AAF6F #2D2AAF #AF2A6A

split-complementary

#ACAF2A #2A6AAF #6F2AAF

monochromatic

#4B4C12 #7B7E1E #ACAF2A #CFD244 #DCDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAF2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACAF2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF2A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF2A	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)

#BDA707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.147 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c66f',
    500: '#acaf2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf2a;
$custom-light: #c8c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.353,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.14704,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF2A

secondary

#716FC6

accent

#43E447

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF2A

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

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