#ACAF40#ACAF40

#ACAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.133 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAF40
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -15.42, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 56.73, 105.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.047 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.133 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2696, 39.8016, 10.7794)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF40 #4340AF

analogous

#AF7B40 #ACAF40 #74AF40

triadic

#ACAF40 #40ACAF #AF40AC

tetradic

#ACAF40 #40AF7B #4340AF #AF4074

square

#ACAF40 #40AF7B #4340AF #AF4074

split-complementary

#ACAF40 #4074AF #7B40AF

monochromatic

#54551F #808230 #ACAF40 #C4C765 #D5D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ACAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#ACAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF40

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF40	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.133 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c67a',
    500: '#acaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf40;
$custom-light: #c7c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF40

secondary

#8A88C3

accent

#52D655

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF40

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

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