#ACA043#ACA043

#ACA043 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.115 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA043
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -7.38, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 49.39, 98.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0238 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.115 102)
XYZ	xyz(30.5983, 34.3187, 10.3215)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA043 #434FAC

analogous

#AC6C43 #ACA043 #84AC43

triadic

#ACA043 #43ACA0 #A043AC

tetradic

#ACA043 #43AC6C #434FAC #AC4384

square

#ACA043 #43AC6C #434FAC #AC4384

split-complementary

#ACA043 #4384AC #6C43AC

monochromatic

#544E21 #807732 #ACA043 #C4BA68 #D5CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ACA043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#ACA043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA043

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA043	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)

#AE9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.115 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb7b',
    500: '#aca043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca043;
$custom-light: #c7bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69759,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.34318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA043

secondary

#8A90C1

accent

#63D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA043

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

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