#ACA031#ACA031

#ACA031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.128 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA031
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -8.48, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 56.97, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.029 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.128 103)
XYZ	xyz(30.1397, 34.1353, 7.9063)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA031 #313DAC

analogous

#AC6231 #ACA031 #7AAC31

triadic

#ACA031 #31ACA0 #A031AC

tetradic

#ACA031 #31AC62 #313DAC #AC317A

square

#ACA031 #31AC62 #313DAC #AC317A

split-complementary

#ACA031 #317AAC #6231AC

monochromatic

#4D4716 #7C7423 #ACA031 #CCC04E #DAD17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#ACA031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#ACA031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA031

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA031	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb70',
    500: '#aca031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca031;
$custom-light: #c8bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69598,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.34134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA031

secondary

#767DC3

accent

#57DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA031

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

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