#ACA22B#ACA22B

#ACA22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.134 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA22B
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 75%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -9.82, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 59.85, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0334 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.134 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3709, 34.7870, 7.3998)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA22B #2B35AC

analogous

#AC622B #ACA22B #76AC2B

triadic

#ACA22B #2BACA2 #A22BAC

tetradic

#ACA22B #2BAC62 #2B35AC #AC2B76

square

#ACA22B #2BAC62 #2B35AC #AC2B76

split-complementary

#ACA22B #2B76AC #622BAC

monochromatic

#4A4613 #7B741F #ACA22B #D0C544 #DCD475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#ACA22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA22B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA22B	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)

#B19C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.134 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6e',
    500: '#aca22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca22b;
$custom-light: #c8bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA22B

secondary

#6F75C4

accent

#51E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA22B

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

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