#ACAF35#ACAF35

#ACAF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.140 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAF35
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 69.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -16.07, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 61.08, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0499 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.14 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9869, 39.6885, 9.2905)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF35 #3835AF

analogous

#AF7535 #ACAF35 #6FAF35

triadic

#ACAF35 #35ACAF #AF35AC

tetradic

#ACAF35 #35AF75 #3835AF #AF356F

square

#ACAF35 #35AF75 #3835AF #AF356F

split-complementary

#ACAF35 #356FAF #7535AF

monochromatic

#505119 #7E8027 #ACAF35 #C9CC56 #D8DA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ACAF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF35

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF35	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c674',
    500: '#acaf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf35;
$custom-light: #c8c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72936,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF35

secondary

#7E7CC4

accent

#4BDD4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF35

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

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