#ACA029#ACA029

#ACA029 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.133 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA029
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, -8.85, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 59.87, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0308 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.133 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9856, 34.0736, 7.0948)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA029 #2935AC

analogous

#AC5F29 #ACA029 #77AC29

triadic

#ACA029 #29ACA0 #A029AC

tetradic

#ACA029 #29AC5F #2935AC #AC2977

square

#ACA029 #29AC5F #2935AC #AC2977

split-complementary

#ACA029 #2977AC #5F29AC

monochromatic

#494411 #7B721D #ACA029 #D2C441 #DDD472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#ACA029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#ACA029 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA029

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA029	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)

#AF9B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B99489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.133 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb6c',
    500: '#aca029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca029;
$custom-light: #c8bb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69543,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA029

secondary

#6C74C5

accent

#52E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA029

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

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