#ACAF37#ACAF37

#ACAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.139 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAF37
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 68.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -15.96, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 60.33, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0494 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.139 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0339, 39.7073, 9.5378)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF37 #3A37AF

analogous

#AF7637 #ACAF37 #70AF37

triadic

#ACAF37 #37ACAF #AF37AC

tetradic

#ACAF37 #37AF76 #3A37AF #AF3770

square

#ACAF37 #37AF76 #3A37AF #AF3770

split-complementary

#ACAF37 #3770AF #7637AF

monochromatic

#50521A #7E8028 #ACAF37 #C8CB59 #D7D987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ACAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF37

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF37	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)

#BDA724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.139 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8c675',
    500: '#acaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf37;
$custom-light: #c8c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF37

secondary

#807FC3

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF37

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

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