#ACA231#ACA231

#ACA231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA231
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -9.54, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 57.67, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.032 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.13 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4892, 34.8343, 8.0228)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA231 #313BAC

analogous

#AC6431 #ACA231 #78AC31

triadic

#ACA231 #31ACA2 #A231AC

tetradic

#ACA231 #31AC64 #313BAC #AC3178

square

#ACA231 #31AC64 #313BAC #AC3178

split-complementary

#ACA231 #3178AC #6431AC

monochromatic

#4D4816 #7C7523 #ACA231 #CCC24E #DAD37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ACA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA231

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA231	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)

#B09C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd71',
    500: '#aca231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca231;
$custom-light: #c8bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70035,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA231

secondary

#767CC3

accent

#55DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA231

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

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