#ACA22A#ACA22A

#ACA22A 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 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA22A
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -9.86, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 60.20, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0336 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.135 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3528, 34.7797, 7.3044)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA22A #2A34AC

analogous

#AC612A #ACA22A #75AC2A

triadic

#ACA22A #2AACA2 #A22AAC

tetradic

#ACA22A #2AAC61 #2A34AC #AC2A75

square

#ACA22A #2AAC61 #2A34AC #AC2A75

split-complementary

#ACA22A #2A75AC #612AAC

monochromatic

#4A4512 #7B741E #ACA22A #D1C642 #DDD573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#ACA22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA22A

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA22A	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.135 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6d',
    500: '#aca22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca22a;
$custom-light: #c8bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69987,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA22A

secondary

#6D74C4

accent

#50E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA22A

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

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