#ACA136#ACA136

#ACA136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA136
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 68.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -8.74, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 55.36, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0292 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.126 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4252, 34.5279, 8.5512)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA136 #3641AC

analogous

#AC6636 #ACA136 #7CAC36

triadic

#ACA136 #36ACA1 #A136AC

tetradic

#ACA136 #36AC66 #3641AC #AC367C

square

#ACA136 #36AC66 #3641AC #AC367C

split-complementary

#ACA136 #367CAC #6636AC

monochromatic

#4F4A19 #7D7527 #ACA136 #CABF55 #D8D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ACA136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#ACA136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA136

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA136	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc73',
    500: '#aca136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca136;
$custom-light: #c8bc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69855,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA136

secondary

#7C82C2

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA136

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

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