#ACA059#ACA059

#ACA059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.093 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA059
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 48.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -5.53, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 38.76, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.016 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.093 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3881, 34.6346, 14.4810)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA059 #5965AC

analogous

#AC7659 #ACA059 #8EAC59

triadic

#ACA059 #59ACA0 #A059AC

tetradic

#ACA059 #59AC76 #5965AC #AC598E

square

#ACA059 #59AC76 #5965AC #AC598E

split-complementary

#ACA059 #598EAC #7659AC

monochromatic

#5C562E #857C43 #ACA059 #C0B782 #D5CFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ACA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ACA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA059

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA059	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.093 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb89',
    500: '#aca059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca059;
$custom-light: #c6bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.325,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70037,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA059

secondary

#9EA3C3

accent

#6EC95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA059

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

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