#ACB42C#ACB42C

#ACB42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.151 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB42C
RGB	rgb(172, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -19.03, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 66.18, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.059 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.151 113)
XYZ	xyz(33.7902, 41.5958, 8.6312)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB42C #342CB4

analogous

#B4782C #ACB42C #68B42C

triadic

#ACB42C #2CACB4 #B42CAC

tetradic

#ACB42C #2CB478 #342CB4 #B42C68

square

#ACB42C #2CB478 #342CB4 #B42C68

split-complementary

#ACB42C #2C68B4 #782CB4

monochromatic

#4E5214 #7D8320 #ACB42C #CBD34A #D9DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#ACB42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#ACB42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB42C

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB42C	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)

#C2AB0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.151 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ca70',
    500: '#acb42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb42c;
$custom-light: #c8ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB42C

secondary

#7975C7

accent

#44E44D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB42C

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

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