#ACAF36#ACAF36

#ACAF36 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	#ACAF36
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 69.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -16.02, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 60.71, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0497 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.14 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0102, 39.6978, 9.4129)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF36 #3936AF

analogous

#AF7636 #ACAF36 #6FAF36

triadic

#ACAF36 #36ACAF #AF36AC

tetradic

#ACAF36 #36AF76 #3936AF #AF366F

square

#ACAF36 #36AF76 #3936AF #AF366F

split-complementary

#ACAF36 #366FAF #7636AF

monochromatic

#505119 #7E8028 #ACAF36 #C8CB57 #D8DA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ACAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF36

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF36	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)

#BDA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.140 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c675',
    500: '#acaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf36;
$custom-light: #c8c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.488,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72944,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF36

secondary

#7F7DC3

accent

#4CDC4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF36

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

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