#ACA232#ACA232

#ACA232 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	#ACA232
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -9.48, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 57.29, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0317 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.13 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5106, 34.8428, 8.1352)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA232 #323CAC

analogous

#AC6532 #ACA232 #79AC32

triadic

#ACA232 #32ACA2 #A232AC

tetradic

#ACA232 #32AC65 #323CAC #AC3279

square

#ACA232 #32AC65 #323CAC #AC3279

split-complementary

#ACA232 #3279AC #6532AC

monochromatic

#4D4916 #7D7524 #ACA232 #CCC24F #DAD27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#ACA232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ACA232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA232

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA232	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)

#B09C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd71',
    500: '#aca232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca232;
$custom-light: #c8bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70042,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA232

secondary

#777DC3

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA232

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

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