#ACA038#ACA038

#ACA038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.124 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA038
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -8.10, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 54.18, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0271 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.124 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2991, 34.1990, 8.7457)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA038 #3844AC

analogous

#AC6638 #ACA038 #7EAC38

triadic

#ACA038 #38ACA0 #A038AC

tetradic

#ACA038 #38AC66 #3844AC #AC387E

square

#ACA038 #38AC66 #3844AC #AC387E

split-complementary

#ACA038 #387EAC #6638AC

monochromatic

#504A1A #7E7529 #ACA038 #C9BD58 #D8CF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#ACA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#ACA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA038

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA038	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.124 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bb74',
    500: '#aca038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca038;
$custom-light: #c8bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69654,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA038

secondary

#7E85C2

accent

#5CDA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA038

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

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