#ACA12F#ACA12F

#ACA12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.131 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA12F
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 72.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -9.11, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 58.07, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.031 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.131 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2725, 34.4669, 7.7469)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA12F #2F3AAC

analogous

#AC622F #ACA12F #78AC2F

triadic

#ACA12F #2FACA1 #A12FAC

tetradic

#ACA12F #2FAC62 #2F3AAC #AC2F78

square

#ACA12F #2FAC62 #2F3AAC #AC2F78

split-complementary

#ACA12F #2F78AC #622FAC

monochromatic

#4C4715 #7C7422 #ACA12F #CEC24B #DBD27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ACA12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#ACA12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA12F

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA12F	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)

#B09C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.131 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc70',
    500: '#aca12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca12f;
$custom-light: #c8bc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 57.078,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69802,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA12F

secondary

#747BC3

accent

#55E047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA12F

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

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