#ACA151#ACA151

#ACA151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA151
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 52.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -6.80, 42.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 43.15, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0205 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2443, 34.8556, 12.8650)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA151 #515CAC

analogous

#AC7451 #ACA151 #8AAC51

triadic

#ACA151 #51ACA1 #A151AC

tetradic

#ACA151 #51AC74 #515CAC #AC518A

square

#ACA151 #51AC74 #515CAC #AC518A

split-complementary

#ACA151 #518AAC #7451AC

monochromatic

#59532A #827A3D #ACA151 #C0B87A #D4CEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ACA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA151

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA151	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc84',
    500: '#aca151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca151;
$custom-light: #c7bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.747,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70141,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA151

secondary

#989DC1

accent

#69CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA151

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

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