#ACA22C#ACA22C

#ACA22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.133 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA22C
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -9.77, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 59.50, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0331 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.133 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3895, 34.7944, 7.4976)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA22C #2C36AC

analogous

#AC622C #ACA22C #76AC2C

triadic

#ACA22C #2CACA2 #A22CAC

tetradic

#ACA22C #2CAC62 #2C36AC #AC2C76

square

#ACA22C #2CAC62 #2C36AC #AC2C76

split-complementary

#ACA22C #2C76AC #622CAC

monochromatic

#4B4613 #7B7420 #ACA22C #D0C546 #DCD476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#ACA22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA22C

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA22C	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)

#B19C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.133 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6e',
    500: '#aca22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca22c;
$custom-light: #c8bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA22C

secondary

#7077C4

accent

#52E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA22C

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

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