#ACA15E#ACA15E

#ACA15E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.089 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA15E
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 45.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -5.56, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 36.63, 98.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0156 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.089 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7793, 35.0696, 15.6826)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA15E #5E69AC

analogous

#AC7A5E #ACA15E #90AC5E

triadic

#ACA15E #5EACA1 #A15EAC

tetradic

#ACA15E #5EAC7A #5E69AC #AC5E90

square

#ACA15E #5EAC7A #5E69AC #AC5E90

split-complementary

#ACA15E #5E90AC #7A5EAC

monochromatic

#5F5831 #877E46 #ACA15E #C1B986 #D6D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ACA15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#ACA15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA15E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA15E	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.089 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc8d',
    500: '#aca15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca15e;
$custom-light: #c6bc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 31.967,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70328,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA15E

secondary

#A2A7C4

accent

#6EC860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA15E

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

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