#ACA037#ACA037

#ACA037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.124 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA037
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -8.15, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 54.59, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0274 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.124 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2749, 34.1893, 8.6182)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA037 #3743AC

analogous

#AC6637 #ACA037 #7EAC37

triadic

#ACA037 #37ACA0 #A037AC

tetradic

#ACA037 #37AC66 #3743AC #AC377E

square

#ACA037 #37AC66 #3743AC #AC377E

split-complementary

#ACA037 #377EAC #6637AC

monochromatic

#4F4A19 #7E7528 #ACA037 #C9BE57 #D8D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#ACA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#ACA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA037

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA037	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.124 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb74',
    500: '#aca037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca037;
$custom-light: #c8bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69645,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA037

secondary

#7D84C2

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA037

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

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