#ACA140#ACA140

#ACA140 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.118 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA140
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 62.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -8.12, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 51.11, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0263 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.118 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6847, 34.6317, 9.9178)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA140 #404BAC

analogous

#AC6B40 #ACA140 #81AC40

triadic

#ACA140 #40ACA1 #A140AC

tetradic

#ACA140 #40AC6B #404BAC #AC4081

square

#ACA140 #40AC6B #404BAC #AC4081

split-complementary

#ACA140 #4081AC #6B40AC

monochromatic

#534E1F #7F772F #ACA140 #C5BB64 #D6CF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ACA140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ACA140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA140

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA140	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.118 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc79',
    500: '#aca140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca140;
$custom-light: #c7bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69946,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA140

secondary

#878DC1

accent

#60D552

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA140

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

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