#ACA173#ACA173

#ACA173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.064 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA173
RGB	rgb(172, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 26%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 33.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -3.13, 25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 25.64, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.007 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.064 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8530, 35.4991, 21.3377)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA173 #737EAC

analogous

#AC8573 #ACA173 #9BAC73

triadic

#ACA173 #73ACA1 #A173AC

tetradic

#ACA173 #73AC85 #737EAC #AC739B

square

#ACA173 #73AC85 #737EAC #AC739B

split-complementary

#ACA173 #739BAC #8573AC

monochromatic

#675F3D #8E8354 #ACA173 #C3BB99 #DAD5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#ACA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#ACA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA173

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA173	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.064 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc9b',
    500: '#aca173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca173;
$custom-light: #c5bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 25.561,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70699,
    "c": 0.06389,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA173

secondary

#B2B6C9

accent

#78C266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA173

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

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