#ACA042#ACA042

#ACA042 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.116 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA042
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -7.45, 49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 49.84, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0241 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.116 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5686, 34.3068, 10.1649)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA042 #424EAC

analogous

#AC6B42 #ACA042 #83AC42

triadic

#ACA042 #42ACA0 #A042AC

tetradic

#ACA042 #42AC6B #424EAC #AC4283

square

#ACA042 #42AC6B #424EAC #AC4283

split-complementary

#ACA042 #4283AC #6B42AC

monochromatic

#544E20 #807731 #ACA042 #C5BA67 #D6CE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ACA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#ACA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA042

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA042	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)

#AE9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.116 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb7a',
    500: '#aca042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca042;
$custom-light: #c7bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69749,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA042

secondary

#898FC1

accent

#62D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA042

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

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