#ACAF49#ACAF49

#ACAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.125 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAF49
RGB	rgb(172, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 58.3%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -14.78, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 52.84, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0442 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.125 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5467, 39.9124, 12.2387)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAF49 #4C49AF

analogous

#AF7F49 #ACAF49 #79AF49

triadic

#ACAF49 #49ACAF #AF49AC

tetradic

#ACAF49 #49AF7F #4C49AF #AF4979

square

#ACAF49 #49AF7F #4C49AF #AF4979

split-complementary

#ACAF49 #4979AF #7F49AF

monochromatic

#575925 #828437 #ACAF49 #C1C471 #D4D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ACAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#ACAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAF49

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAF49	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.125 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c680',
    500: '#acaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaf49;
$custom-light: #c7c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73116,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAF49

secondary

#9391C2

accent

#57D15A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAF49

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

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