#ACA235#ACA235

#ACA235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA235
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -9.32, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 56.12, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0309 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(30.5774, 34.8695, 8.4873)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA235 #353FAC

analogous

#AC6735 #ACA235 #7BAC35

triadic

#ACA235 #35ACA2 #A235AC

tetradic

#ACA235 #35AC67 #353FAC #AC357B

square

#ACA235 #35AC67 #353FAC #AC357B

split-complementary

#ACA235 #357BAC #6735AC

monochromatic

#4E4A18 #7D7627 #ACA235 #CAC054 #D9D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#ACA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#ACA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA235

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA235	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)

#B09D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8bd73',
    500: '#aca235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca235;
$custom-light: #c8bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70066,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.34868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA235

secondary

#7B81C2

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA235

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

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