#ACA161#ACA161

#ACA161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.085 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA161
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 31%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 43.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -5.25, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 35.08, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0144 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.085 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9165, 35.1245, 16.4054)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA161 #616CAC

analogous

#AC7B61 #ACA161 #91AC61

triadic

#ACA161 #61ACA1 #A161AC

tetradic

#ACA161 #61AC7B #616CAC #AC6191

square

#ACA161 #61AC7B #616CAC #AC6191

split-complementary

#ACA161 #6191AC #7B61AC

monochromatic

#605932 #887F48 #ACA161 #C1B989 #D6D1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#ACA161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#ACA161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA161

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA161	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.085 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc8f',
    500: '#aca161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca161;
$custom-light: #c6bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.2,
    "s": 31.12,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70375,
    "c": 0.08535,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA161

secondary

#A4A9C5

accent

#70C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA161

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

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