#ACA040#ACA040

#ACA040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.117 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA040
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -7.59, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 50.74, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0248 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.117 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5106, 34.2836, 9.8598)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA040 #404CAC

analogous

#AC6A40 #ACA040 #82AC40

triadic

#ACA040 #40ACA0 #A040AC

tetradic

#ACA040 #40AC6A #404CAC #AC4082

square

#ACA040 #40AC6A #404CAC #AC4082

split-complementary

#ACA040 #4082AC #6A40AC

monochromatic

#534D1F #7F772F #ACA040 #C5BA64 #D6CE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ACA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#ACA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA040

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA040	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.117 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb79',
    500: '#aca040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca040;
$custom-light: #c7bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69728,
    "c": 0.11723,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA040

secondary

#878DC1

accent

#61D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA040

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

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