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#acac21

a dark, vivid yellow · cool · closest name: olive

RGB
172, 172, 33
HSL
60°, 68%, 40%
CMYK
0, 0, 81, 33
Luminance
0.3839

Every format

HEX#acac21
RGBrgb(172, 172, 33)
HSLhsl(60, 68%, 40%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 81%, 33%)
LABlab(68.3 -15.4 64.6)
LCHlch(68.3 66.4 103.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.722 0.148 109.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #acac21;
background-color: #acac21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#acac21] bg-[#acac21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #acac21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.675, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#acac21")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#acac21 on white: 2.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#acac21 on black: 8.68:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green67.5%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow80.8%
Key (black)32.5%

Color previews

#acac21 text on a black background

contrast 8.68:1

Card sample

#acac21 text on a white background

contrast 2.42:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #acac21;
Background color
Panel with #acac21 background
background-color: #acac21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #acac21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 172, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 172, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #acac21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #acac21, #4FAC21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #acac21

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #acac21 in the Color Lab