#ACA137#ACA137

#ACA137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA137
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 68%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -8.68, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 54.95, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0289 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.125 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4490, 34.5374, 8.6762)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA137 #3742AC

analogous

#AC6737 #ACA137 #7DAC37

triadic

#ACA137 #37ACA1 #A137AC

tetradic

#ACA137 #37AC67 #3742AC #AC377D

square

#ACA137 #37AC67 #3742AC #AC377D

split-complementary

#ACA137 #377DAC #6737AC

monochromatic

#4F4A19 #7E7628 #ACA137 #C9BF57 #D8D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#ACA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#ACA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA137

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA137	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)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc74',
    500: '#aca137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca137;
$custom-light: #c8bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69863,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA137

secondary

#7D83C2

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA137

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →