#ACA225#ACA225

#ACA225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.137 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA225
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 78.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -10.06, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 61.84, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0346 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.137 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2689, 34.7461, 6.8622)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA225 #252FAC

analogous

#AC5F25 #ACA225 #72AC25

triadic

#ACA225 #25ACA2 #A225AC

tetradic

#ACA225 #25AC5F #252FAC #AC2572

square

#ACA225 #25AC5F #252FAC #AC2572

split-complementary

#ACA225 #2572AC #5F25AC

monochromatic

#47430F #7A731A #ACA225 #D5C93A #DFD76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ACA225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA225

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA225	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.137 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bd6b',
    500: '#aca225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca225;
$custom-light: #c9bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69958,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA225

secondary

#676EC6

accent

#4DE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA225

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

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