#ACA023#ACA023

#ACA023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.136 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA023
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -9.08, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 61.81, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.032 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.136 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8888, 34.0349, 6.5848)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA023 #232FAC

analogous

#AC5C23 #ACA023 #73AC23

triadic

#ACA023 #23ACA0 #A023AC

tetradic

#ACA023 #23AC5C #232FAC #AC2373

square

#ACA023 #23AC5C #232FAC #AC2373

split-complementary

#ACA023 #2373AC #5C23AC

monochromatic

#46410E #797119 #ACA023 #D6C836 #E0D669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#ACA023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#ACA023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA023

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA023	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.136 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bb6a',
    500: '#aca023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca023;
$custom-light: #c9bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69509,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA023

secondary

#646DC6

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA023

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

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