#ACA142#ACA142

#ACA142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA142
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -7.98, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 50.22, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0257 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.116 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7426, 34.6549, 10.2229)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA142 #424DAC

analogous

#AC6C42 #ACA142 #82AC42

triadic

#ACA142 #42ACA1 #A142AC

tetradic

#ACA142 #42AC6C #424DAC #AC4282

square

#ACA142 #42AC6C #424DAC #AC4282

split-complementary

#ACA142 #4282AC #6C42AC

monochromatic

#544E20 #807831 #ACA142 #C5BB67 #D6CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#ACA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#ACA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA142

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA142	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)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc7a',
    500: '#aca142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca142;
$custom-light: #c7bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.774,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69966,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA142

secondary

#898FC1

accent

#61D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA142

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

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