#ACA049#ACA049

#ACA049 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA049
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -6.93, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 46.61, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0218 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7877, 34.3945, 11.3191)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA049 #4955AC

analogous

#AC6E49 #ACA049 #86AC49

triadic

#ACA049 #49ACA0 #A049AC

tetradic

#ACA049 #49AC6E #4955AC #AC4986

square

#ACA049 #49AC6E #4955AC #AC4986

split-complementary

#ACA049 #4986AC #6E49AC

monochromatic

#565025 #817837 #ACA049 #C2B870 #D5CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ACA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#ACA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA049

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA049	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)

#AD9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb7f',
    500: '#aca049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca049;
$custom-light: #c7bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69826,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA049

secondary

#9096C1

accent

#66D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA049

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

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