#ACA149#ACA149

#ACA149 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.110 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA149
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 57.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -7.47, 46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 47.00, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0234 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.11 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9618, 34.7426, 11.3771)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA149 #4954AC

analogous

#AC6F49 #ACA149 #85AC49

triadic

#ACA149 #49ACA1 #A149AC

tetradic

#ACA149 #49AC6F #4954AC #AC4985

square

#ACA149 #49AC6F #4954AC #AC4985

split-complementary

#ACA149 #4985AC #6F49AC

monochromatic

#565125 #817937 #ACA149 #C2B970 #D5CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ACA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA149

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA149	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.110 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc7f',
    500: '#aca149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca149;
$custom-light: #c7bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70043,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA149

secondary

#9095C1

accent

#65D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA149

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

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