#ACA22D#ACA22D

#ACA22D 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	#ACA22D
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -9.73, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 59.15, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0329 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.133 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4085, 34.8020, 7.5978)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA22D #2D37AC

analogous

#AC632D #ACA22D #76AC2D

triadic

#ACA22D #2DACA2 #A22DAC

tetradic

#ACA22D #2DAC63 #2D37AC #AC2D76

square

#ACA22D #2DAC63 #2D37AC #AC2D76

split-complementary

#ACA22D #2D76AC #632DAC

monochromatic

#4B4714 #7B7420 #ACA22D #CFC447 #DCD478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#ACA22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA22D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA22D	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)

#B19C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.133 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd6f',
    500: '#aca22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca22d;
$custom-light: #c8bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70007,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA22D

secondary

#7178C4

accent

#52E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA22D

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

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