#ACB42A#ACB42A

#ACB42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.152 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB42A
RGB	rgb(172, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -19.12, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 66.80, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0594 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.152 113)
XYZ	xyz(33.7535, 41.5811, 8.4379)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB42A #322AB4

analogous

#B4772A #ACB42A #67B42A

triadic

#ACB42A #2AACB4 #B42AAC

tetradic

#ACB42A #2AB477 #322AB4 #B42A67

square

#ACB42A #2AB477 #322AB4 #B42A67

split-complementary

#ACB42A #2A67B4 #772AB4

monochromatic

#4D5113 #7D821E #ACB42A #CCD447 #DAE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ACB42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#ACB42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB42A

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB42A	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.152 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca6f',
    500: '#acb42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb42a;
$custom-light: #c8ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.478,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73984,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.4158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB42A

secondary

#7772C8

accent

#43E54C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB42A

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

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