#ACA166#ACA166

#ACA166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.080 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA166
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 30%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 40.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -4.70, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 32.49, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0124 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.08 99)
XYZ	xyz(32.1570, 35.2207, 17.6721)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA166 #6671AC

analogous

#AC7E66 #ACA166 #94AC66

triadic

#ACA166 #66ACA1 #A166AC

tetradic

#ACA166 #66AC7E #6671AC #AC6694

square

#ACA166 #66AC7E #6671AC #AC6694

split-complementary

#ACA166 #6694AC #7E66AC

monochromatic

#625B35 #8A804B #ACA166 #C2B98E #D7D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#ACA166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#ACA166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA166

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA166	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.080 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc92',
    500: '#aca166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca166;
$custom-light: #c6bc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70459,
    "c": 0.07958,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.3522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA166

secondary

#A8ADC6

accent

#72C662

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA166

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

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