#ACA230#ACA230

#ACA230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA230
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 72.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -9.58, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 58.05, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0322 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.131 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4684, 34.8259, 7.9129)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA230 #303AAC

analogous

#AC6430 #ACA230 #78AC30

triadic

#ACA230 #30ACA2 #A230AC

tetradic

#ACA230 #30AC64 #303AAC #AC3078

square

#ACA230 #30AC64 #303AAC #AC3078

split-complementary

#ACA230 #3078AC #6430AC

monochromatic

#4C4815 #7C7523 #ACA230 #CDC34C #DAD37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ACA230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA230

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA230	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd70',
    500: '#aca230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca230;
$custom-light: #c8bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA230

secondary

#757BC3

accent

#54E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA230

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

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