#ACA044#ACA044

#ACA044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA044
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -7.31, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 48.93, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0235 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6286, 34.3308, 10.4809)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA044 #4450AC

analogous

#AC6C44 #ACA044 #84AC44

triadic

#ACA044 #44ACA0 #A044AC

tetradic

#ACA044 #44AC6C #4450AC #AC4484

square

#ACA044 #44AC6C #4450AC #AC4484

split-complementary

#ACA044 #4484AC #6C44AC

monochromatic

#544E21 #807733 #ACA044 #C4B969 #D5CE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ACA044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#ACA044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA044

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA044	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb7c',
    500: '#aca044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca044;
$custom-light: #c7bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6977,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA044

secondary

#8B91C1

accent

#63D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA044

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

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