#ACA153#ACA153

#ACA153 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.100 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA153
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 51.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -6.63, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 42.17, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0198 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.1 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3204, 34.8860, 13.2658)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA153 #535EAC

analogous

#AC7453 #ACA153 #8BAC53

triadic

#ACA153 #53ACA1 #A153AC

tetradic

#ACA153 #53AC74 #535EAC #AC538B

square

#ACA153 #53AC74 #535EAC #AC538B

split-complementary

#ACA153 #538BAC #7453AC

monochromatic

#59542B #837A3F #ACA153 #C0B87C #D4CEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#ACA153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA153

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA153	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.100 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc85',
    500: '#aca153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca153;
$custom-light: #c7bc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 34.902,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70168,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA153

secondary

#999EC1

accent

#6ACB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA153

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

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