#ACA131#ACA131

#ACA131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA131
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -9.01, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 57.32, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0305 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3138, 34.4834, 7.9643)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA131 #313CAC

analogous

#AC6331 #ACA131 #79AC31

triadic

#ACA131 #31ACA1 #A131AC

tetradic

#ACA131 #31AC63 #313CAC #AC3179

square

#ACA131 #31AC63 #313CAC #AC3179

split-complementary

#ACA131 #3179AC #6331AC

monochromatic

#4D4816 #7C7423 #ACA131 #CCC14E #DAD27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ACA131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#ACA131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA131

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA131	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc71',
    500: '#aca131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca131;
$custom-light: #c8bc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69816,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA131

secondary

#767DC3

accent

#56DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA131

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

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