#ACA229#ACA229

#ACA229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.135 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA229
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 76.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -9.90, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 60.54, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0338 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.135 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3352, 34.7726, 7.2113)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA229 #2933AC

analogous

#AC6129 #ACA229 #75AC29

triadic

#ACA229 #29ACA2 #A229AC

tetradic

#ACA229 #29AC61 #2933AC #AC2975

square

#ACA229 #29AC61 #2933AC #AC2975

split-complementary

#ACA229 #2975AC #6129AC

monochromatic

#494511 #7B731D #ACA229 #D2C741 #DDD572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#ACA229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA229

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA229	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)

#B19C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.135 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6d',
    500: '#aca229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca229;
$custom-light: #c8bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69981,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA229

secondary

#6C73C5

accent

#50E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA229

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

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