#ACA233#ACA233

#ACA233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.129 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA233
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -9.43, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 56.90, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0315 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.129 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5324, 34.8515, 8.2501)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA233 #333DAC

analogous

#AC6533 #ACA233 #79AC33

triadic

#ACA233 #33ACA2 #A233AC

tetradic

#ACA233 #33AC65 #333DAC #AC3379

square

#ACA233 #33AC65 #333DAC #AC3379

split-complementary

#ACA233 #3379AC #6533AC

monochromatic

#4E4917 #7D7625 #ACA233 #CBC151 #D9D280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ACA233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA233

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA233	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.129 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd72',
    500: '#aca233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca233;
$custom-light: #c8bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7005,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA233

secondary

#787EC2

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA233

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

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