#ACA050#ACA050

#ACA050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.103 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA050
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 53.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -6.36, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 43.24, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0194 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.103 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0330, 34.4926, 12.6109)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA050 #505CAC

analogous

#AC7250 #ACA050 #8AAC50

triadic

#ACA050 #50ACA0 #A050AC

tetradic

#ACA050 #50AC72 #505CAC #AC508A

square

#ACA050 #50AC72 #505CAC #AC508A

split-complementary

#ACA050 #508AAC #7250AC

monochromatic

#585229 #82793D #ACA050 #C1B779 #D4CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ACA050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#ACA050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA050

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA050	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.103 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb83',
    500: '#aca050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca050;
$custom-light: #c7bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69912,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA050

secondary

#979CC1

accent

#6ACD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA050

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

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