#ACA234#ACA234

#ACA234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.128 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA234
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 69.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -9.38, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 56.51, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0312 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.128 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5547, 34.8604, 8.3674)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA234 #343EAC

analogous

#AC6634 #ACA234 #7AAC34

triadic

#ACA234 #34ACA2 #A234AC

tetradic

#ACA234 #34AC66 #343EAC #AC347A

square

#ACA234 #34AC66 #343EAC #AC347A

split-complementary

#ACA234 #347AAC #6634AC

monochromatic

#4E4918 #7D7626 #ACA234 #CBC152 #D9D281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ACA234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA234

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA234	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)

#B09C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.128 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd72',
    500: '#aca234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca234;
$custom-light: #c8bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA234

secondary

#7980C2

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA234

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

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