#ACA139#ACA139

#ACA139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.124 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA139
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 66.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -8.57, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 54.12, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0284 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.124 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4979, 34.5570, 8.9338)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA139 #3944AC

analogous

#AC6839 #ACA139 #7DAC39

triadic

#ACA139 #39ACA1 #A139AC

tetradic

#ACA139 #39AC68 #3944AC #AC397D

square

#ACA139 #39AC68 #3944AC #AC397D

split-complementary

#ACA139 #397DAC #6839AC

monochromatic

#504B1B #7E762A #ACA139 #C8BE5A #D8D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ACA139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#ACA139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA139

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA139	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AF9C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.124 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bc75',
    500: '#aca139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca139;
$custom-light: #c8bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69881,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA139

secondary

#7F86C2

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA139

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

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