#ACA048#ACA048

#ACA048 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA048
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -7.01, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 47.08, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0222 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7548, 34.3813, 11.1459)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA048 #4854AC

analogous

#AC6E48 #ACA048 #86AC48

triadic

#ACA048 #48ACA0 #A048AC

tetradic

#ACA048 #48AC6E #4854AC #AC4886

square

#ACA048 #48AC6E #4854AC #AC4886

split-complementary

#ACA048 #4886AC #6E48AC

monochromatic

#565024 #817836 #ACA048 #C3B86F #D5CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ACA048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#ACA048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA048

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA048	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb7e',
    500: '#aca048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca048;
$custom-light: #c7bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69814,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA048

secondary

#8F95C1

accent

#66D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA048

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

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