#ACA12D#ACA12D

#ACA12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.132 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA12D
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -9.20, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 58.80, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0314 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.132 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2331, 34.4511, 7.5393)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA12D #2D38AC

analogous

#AC612D #ACA12D #78AC2D

triadic

#ACA12D #2DACA1 #A12DAC

tetradic

#ACA12D #2DAC61 #2D38AC #AC2D78

square

#ACA12D #2DAC61 #2D38AC #AC2D78

split-complementary

#ACA12D #2D78AC #612DAC

monochromatic

#4B4614 #7B7420 #ACA12D #CFC347 #DCD378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ACA12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#ACA12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA12D

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA12D	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)

#B09B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.132 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc6e',
    500: '#aca12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca12d;
$custom-light: #c8bc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69788,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA12D

secondary

#7178C4

accent

#54E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA12D

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

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