#ACAF32#ACAF32

#ACAF32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.142 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAF32
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 50)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 71.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -16.22, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 62.18, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0506 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.142 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9201, 39.6618, 8.9383)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF32 #3532AF

analogous

#AF7432 #ACAF32 #6EAF32

triadic

#ACAF32 #32ACAF #AF32AC

tetradic

#ACAF32 #32AF74 #3532AF #AF326E

square

#ACAF32 #32AF74 #3532AF #AF326E

split-complementary

#ACAF32 #326EAF #7432AF

monochromatic

#4E5017 #7D7F24 #ACAF32 #CACD51 #D9DB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAF32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#ACAF32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF32

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF32	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.142 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c673',
    500: '#acaf32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf32;
$custom-light: #c8c673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.44,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72915,
    "c": 0.14242,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF32

secondary

#7B79C4

accent

#49DF4D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF32

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

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