#ACA12A#ACA12A

#ACA12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA12A
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -9.34, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 59.86, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0321 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1774, 34.4288, 7.2459)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA12A #2A35AC

analogous

#AC602A #ACA12A #76AC2A

triadic

#ACA12A #2AACA1 #A12AAC

tetradic

#ACA12A #2AAC60 #2A35AC #AC2A76

square

#ACA12A #2AAC60 #2A35AC #AC2A76

split-complementary

#ACA12A #2A76AC #602AAC

monochromatic

#4A4512 #7B731E #ACA12A #D1C542 #DDD473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ACA12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#ACA12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA12A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA12A	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc6d',
    500: '#aca12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca12a;
$custom-light: #c8bc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69768,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA12A

secondary

#6D75C4

accent

#51E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA12A

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

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