#ACA171#ACA171

#ACA171 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.066 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA171
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 34.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -3.39, 26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 26.70, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0078 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.066 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7392, 35.4535, 20.7382)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA171 #717CAC

analogous

#AC8371 #ACA171 #99AC71

triadic

#ACA171 #71ACA1 #A171AC

tetradic

#ACA171 #71AC83 #717CAC #AC7199

square

#ACA171 #71AC83 #717CAC #AC7199

split-complementary

#ACA171 #7199AC #8371AC

monochromatic

#675F3C #8D8253 #ACA171 #C3BB98 #D9D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#ACA171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#ACA171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA171

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA171	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.066 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc9a',
    500: '#aca171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca171;
$custom-light: #c5bc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7066,
    "c": 0.06636,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA171

secondary

#B0B5C9

accent

#77C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA171

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

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