#acac00

Color #acac00

A vivid, highly saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 21.53 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 15.2

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Conversions

HEX

#acac00

RGB

rgb(172, 172, 0)

HSL

hsl(60, 100%, 33.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 100%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 100%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(68.22, -16.05, 70.33)

LCH

lch(68.22, 72.14, 102.86)

OKLCH

oklch(72.1%, 0.157, 109.76)

HWB

hwb(60, 0%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0000ac

Analogous

#ac5600

#acac00

#56ac00

Triadic

#acac00

#00acac

#ac00ac

Split-complementary

#acac00

#0056ac

#5600ac

Tetradic

#acac00

#00ac00

#0000ac

#ac00ac

Square

#acac00

#00ac56

#0000ac

#ac0056

Shades

Color #acac00 mixed toward black.

#8f8f00

#737300

#565600

#393900

#1d1d00

Tints

Color #acac00 mixed toward white.

#e4e400

#ffff1e

#ffff56

#ffff8e

#ffffc7

Tones

Color #acac00 mixed toward gray.

#9e9e0e

#8f8f1d

#81812b

#737339

#646448

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acac59 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#acac63 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#ac757a · ΔE 43.8

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 27.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #acac00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acac00]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#acac00 (#acac00) is rgb(172, 172, 0) in RGB.

No, #acac00 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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