#ACA02E#ACA02E

#ACA02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA02E
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -8.63, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 58.10, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0297 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.13 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0785, 34.1108, 7.5839)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA02E #2E3AAC

analogous

#AC612E #ACA02E #79AC2E

triadic

#ACA02E #2EACA0 #A02EAC

tetradic

#ACA02E #2EAC61 #2E3AAC #AC2E79

square

#ACA02E #2EAC61 #2E3AAC #AC2E79

split-complementary

#ACA02E #2E79AC #612EAC

monochromatic

#4B4614 #7C7321 #ACA02E #CEC249 #DBD279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#ACA02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#ACA02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA02E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA02E	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb6f',
    500: '#aca02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca02e;
$custom-light: #c8bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69576,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA02E

secondary

#727AC3

accent

#55E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA02E

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

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