#ACA123#ACA123

#ACA123 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA123
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 79.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -9.61, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 62.13, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0335 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0629, 34.3830, 6.6428)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA123 #232EAC

analogous

#AC5C23 #ACA123 #73AC23

triadic

#ACA123 #23ACA1 #A123AC

tetradic

#ACA123 #23AC5C #232EAC #AC2373

square

#ACA123 #23AC5C #232EAC #AC2373

split-complementary

#ACA123 #2373AC #5C23AC

monochromatic

#46420E #797119 #ACA123 #D6C936 #E0D769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#ACA123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#ACA123 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA123

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA123	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)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bc6a',
    500: '#aca123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca123;
$custom-light: #c9bc6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69728,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA123

secondary

#646CC6

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA123

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

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